Kamal Ahmed Meets our Politics and Economic Students
Politics and Economic students had the pleasure of meeting Kamal Ahmed, former Drayton Manor student and current Economics Editor for the BBC.
In the session, he reminisced about his old school days and the time he spent here. He then went on to give a valuable insight into Britain’s current economic state through the explanation of the economic levers used by the bank of England. He described the differences between Monetarism and Keynesianism, giving a brief history of the evolution of economics.
He then went on to answer questions from students on a variety of topical issues including Brexit, Donald Trump and the financial crisis of 2008. While answering these question, Kamal provided a perceptive analysis of the current economic state and described in depth the economic repercussions of Brexit, describing the consequences of Britain leaving the single market versus leaving the custom unions. He also explained the fluctuation of the economy and politics in relation to economic models.
Overall, the experience was a real eye-opener and solved many of the unanswered questions I had on the economy. On behalf on the attending Politics and Economic students I would like to thank Kamal for finding the time in his busy schedule to come and talk to us.
