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Philip Coggan

Buttonwood columnist and capital markets editor

Location:
London, UK
Languages:
  • English
Contact:

+44 (0)207 830 7020 (office)

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Specialist Subjects:
  • Commodities
  • Finance

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Biography

Philip Coggan is the Buttonwood columnist of The Economist. Previously, he worked for the Financial Times for 20 years, most recently as Investment Editor. In that post, he founded the "Short View" column and wrote the "Long View" and "Last Word" columns. In 2009, he was voted Senior Financial Journalist of the Year in the Wincott awards and best communicator in the business journalist of the year awards. Among his books are "The Money Machine", a guide to the city that is still in print after 25 years and "The Economist Guide to Hedge Funds". His latest book, "Paper Promises: Money, Debt and the New World Order", was published by Penguin in 2011.

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