Alan Freeman
Research Director at Geopolitical Economy Research Group
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Top SchoolAlan Freeman is a research-active cultural economist and Research Director based in Winnipeg with deep expertise in creative industries, urban benchmarking, and geopolitical political economy. A former Principal Economist at the Greater London Authority, he led work on the Living Wage, cultural audits, and helped establish the modern standard for measuring creative industries adopted by the UK DCMS. With a background spanning first-class mathematics, computing diplomas, 15 years as a programmer and 13 years in academia, he combines quantitative rigor with policy impact and has published widely, co-editing multiple book series on geopolitical economy and world capitalism. Notably, he was among the small group of economists who forecast the 2008 crash and argued for wartime-scale public investment as the remedy, a stance that underscores his willingness to blend contrarian macro analysis with practical policy prescriptions. He co-directs the Geopolitical Economy Research Unit and serves on arts boards in Winnipeg, reflecting a continued commitment to cultural institutions alongside scholarly work.
8 years of coding experience
Diploma Computer Science, Diploma Computer Science at The University of EdinburghQuit before expelled Computational Linguistics, Quit before expelled Computational Linguistics at University of OxfordMaster Economics, Master Economics at Birkbeck College, LondonUniversity College London
English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese
Github Skills (25)
markdown9
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liquid9
jekyll9
web-development8
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prototyping8
blog-engine8
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javascript8
site-generator8
static-site-generator7
asp-net-core7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
axfreeman/Capitalism-simulation-client-15.0
Aug 2024 - Jan 2025
Contributions:175 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
axfreeman/MacroEconomic-History-Server-Builder
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:26 commits, 125 pushes in 9 months
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