Rodney atkinson british politician

British economist (born 1948)

For the politician, see Rod Atkinson.

Rodney Eric Bainbridge Atkinson (born 18 February 1947) is a British academic, political and economic commentator, journalist, author and businessman.

Rowan atkinson children

He is the older brother of the comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson.

Professional career

Atkinson studied German at Newcastle University (BA Hons with distinction in spoken German) and at Durham University, where he earned an MSc in management studies in 1978 as a member of Collingwood College.^[1] He was formerly a lecturer at the University of Mainz from 1971 to 1977, and worked as a merchant banker in the City of London with Banque Paribas and Grindlays Bank^[2] and has been an occasional adviser to government ministers since 1981.^{[citation needed]}

He runs his own commercial property business based in the North East of England.

His 23 year old website freenations.net contains over 400 articles on political eco