Evan Davis
Evan Davis
Evan Harold Davisis an English economist, journalist, and presenter for the BBC...
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth8 April 1962
issues way argument
Reducing every issue to an argument can become stale but it's often a very good way of clarifying issues.
today programmes
Personally, I'd like us to have a few more women on the 'Today' programme.
writing want ifs
It's amazing, if you know what you want to say, how fast it is to write.
strong population three
There is a strong link between the following three things: exporting, manufacturing and the degree of saving by the population. It's complicated, but if the population doesn't save, the economy will not tend to export as much, and if it doesn't export as much, it won't manufacture enough.
mistake mean trying
If you're not making some mistakes, it probably means you're not trying hard enough.
country school firsts
For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity; for electricity, you need some trained workers; for trained workers, you need some schools; for schools you need some money; for money, you need some industry.
heart government doors
We Brits print banknotes out in Debden in Essex, and have contracted it out to the private sector. Here in the U.S. it is a government operation right in the heart of Washington next door to the Holocaust Museum.
car chinese tools
The Germans are clear about what they do - cars and machine tools; the Japanese are clear about what they do - electronics; the Chinese are clear about what they do - they're the workshop of the world.
thinking engineering bridges
Crossrail is a prime example of infrastructure. It is a rather deadly word, but I think it is exciting stuff, the civil engineering which makes Britain tick - the bridges, tunnels, power and water networks, which bind us together.
people done
What is so striking about Liberia is that in a place where there is so much to be done, I have never seen so many people with nothing to do.
mean winning thinking
The new industries are brainy industries and so-called knowledge workers tend to like to be near other people who are the same. Think of the City of Hollywood. People cluster. This means you have winning regions, such as London and Cambridge, and losing regions. The people who want to be top lawyers in Sunderland are hoovered up by London.
funny humor car
Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car.
jobs thinking self
What comes with a job as a staff member of the BBC is a certain self-censoring that you get utterly used to. You don't say everything you think. You hold back on some things.
both epic songs
They both have the epic songs on them,