I was educated at Oxford
and London Universities and
Cranfield
School of Management and hold degrees in Modern Languages,
Latin-American Studies (History and Economic History), and Business. I
have been variously a periodical and book publisher, a freelance
journalist, a university teacher, the artistic director of a theatre
company, a British Council Overseas Career Service Officer and a
management consultant. During a long period of residence in Mexico, I
founded and co-directed a bi-lingual theatre, gave university-level
courses in English Literature and Economic History, and was
the
first editor of a Spanish-language journal published by
CIDE (Centro de
Investigación y Docencia Económicas). I have
written
plays in both English and Spanish, a novel - The chocolate Man
– published in Canada by Cormorant Press (1995) and
selected as a “Book at Bedtime” by CBC Radio.
Non-fiction
writings include commissioned books on Brazil and Colombia, the
‘Latin American’ volume of Purnell’s
‘History
of the Twentieth Century’, and many articles and shorter
pieces. I have also translated several book-length works from French
and
Spanish into English.
After cutting my teeth as a management consultant with Woods Gordon
(now part of Ernst & Young) in Toronto, I became the
founding
partner of
Fox
Jones & Associates, and helped to run it for twenty
years. As a consultant, I have conducted
assignments for both public and private sector clients throughout North
and South America, in India, Africa and Europe. I
have been
an adviser on Latin-America to both the Canadian Department of Foreign
Affairs and the Canadian International Development Agency. In
addition to my native English, I speak fluent Spanish,
Portuguese and French.
A political radical, I believe that capitalism in its
present
form is unworkable in the long term, and that globalization - its
creature - will eventually destroy it. I also believe that
Free Trade, in the version foisted on the world
by the West and its agencies (the WTO, The World Bank and the IMF), is
inimical to the interests of the poor and should be vigorously
resisted. A far better mantra for developing countries - indeed for the
world and its environment - would be "make what you can and
buy
what you must". Under such a regime, trade would serve people's needs
rather than being an instrument of market domination. I will
be
posting material on this and related subjects elsewhere on this site.
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