
James Forder
Academic economist and Andrew Graham Fellow and Tutor in Political Economy at Balliol College, Oxford, known for work on central bank independence, European integration, and the history of the Phillips curve, and a patron of Humanists UK.
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Jun 25, 2025 • 49min
EP 63 – James Forder on old fashioned liberalism, the finiteness of our existence, and free enterprise as a moral force
James Forder, academic economist and Balliol tutor known for work on central banks and European integration, describes himself as an old-fashioned liberal. He praises free enterprise as a moral force that fosters self-reliance. He explores prices and trade-offs over regulation, defends first-past-the-post and questions the euro, and reflects on how human finiteness gives life meaning.


