PERSON: Daniel Lacalle

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Daniel Lacalle Fernández (born 5 August 1967) is a Spanish economist. He works as an investment manager and as a professor of global economics. He is the author of several economics books as well as being a columnist and contributor to various print and digital publications. Ideologically, he is usually defined as a conservative liberal, close to but not affiliated with the Partido Popular, the party with which he ran in the Spanish general elections of April 2019. He resides in London.

He is the grandson of José Daniel Lacalle Larraga, Minister of Air during the Franco dictatorship, and son of the sociologist José Daniel Lacalle Sousa, author of several books on the labor market, a member of the Communist Party of Spain and head of the Economy and Society section of Fundación de Investigaciones Marxistas. He graduated in Economic and Business Sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid, and later completed his studies with a postgraduate degree at the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra. Additionally, he holds the title of International Financial Analyst (CIIA), and holds a PhD In Economics as well as a master’s degree in Economic Research from the Catholic University of Valencia. He taught in the Master in International Financial Markets at the Instituto de Empresa (IE Business School) where he is a member of the faculty.

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