John Mills

John Mills is an entrepreneur and economist. He graduated in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Merton College, Oxford, in 1961. He is currently chairman of John Mills Limited, a highly successful import-export and distribution company. He has been Secretary of the Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign since 1975 and the Labour Economic Policy Group since 1985. He has also been a committee member of the Economic Research Council since 1997 and is now Vice-Chairman. He is also Chairman of The...See more

John Mills is an entrepreneur and economist. He graduated in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Merton College, Oxford, in 1961. He is currently chairman of John Mills Limited, a highly successful import-export and distribution company. He has been Secretary of the Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign since 1975 and the Labour Economic Policy Group since 1985. He has also been a committee member of the Economic Research Council since 1997 and is now Vice-Chairman. He is also Chairman of The People's Pledge campaign for a referendum on Britain's EU membership, and Co-Chairman of Business for Britain. He is the author of Growth and Welfare: A New Policy for Britain (Martin Robertson and Barnes and Noble 1972); Monetarism or Prosperity? (with Bryan Gould and Shaun Stewart Macmillan 1982); Tackling Britain's False Economy (Macmillan 1997); Europe's Economic Dilemma (Macmillan 1998); America's Soluble Problems (Macmillan 1999); Managing the World Economy (Palgrave Macmillan 2000); A Critical History of Economics (Palgrave Macmillan 2002 and Beijing Commercial Press 2006); and Exchange Rate Alignments (Palgrave Macmillan 2012). He is also the author of previous Civitas pamphlets A Price that Matters (2012) and An Exchange Rate Target (2013). See less