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About Tony Curzon Price

Tony Curzon Price is Editor-in-Chief of openDemocracy. He received a PhD in economics from University College London (UCL), and has a first from Oxford in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

He founded a high-tech electronics company, Arithmatica, in 1998 and lived in Silicon Valley from 2001 to 2004.

He has lectured on economics and energy policy at Imperial College, London, and at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

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Articles by Tony Curzon Price

Wednesday 8th September

Hawking kills gods, philosophers

Tony Curzon Price, 8 September 2010
Rationalist humanism goes beyond scientism
Tuesday 7th September

Dissing Assange

Tony Curzon Price, 7 September 2010
Why does TechCrunch decide to join the chorus of insinuations about the sexual habits of Wikileaks' Julian Assange?
Friday 3rd September

Knotty independence: who guards the BBC

Tony Curzon Price, 3 September 2010
The Director General of the BBC was photographed coming out of Downing Street with notes about how the national broadcaster will cover the government's unpopular spending cuts. To understand the BBC's reaction, you need to think of it as a business
Tuesday 31st August

Media freedoms and the constitution in South Africa

Tony Curzon Price and Pierre de Vos, 31 August 2010
Professor Pierre de Vos, South African constitutional law expert, in conversation with Tony Curzon Price on the Information Bill; the ANC is a complex coalition that will ultimately act in a trustworthy way with freedom of the press
Monday 30th August

How serious are the assaults on press freedom in South Africa?

Anton Harber and Tony Curzon Price, 30 August 2010
The proposed Information BiIl and Media Tribunals are a serious assault on press freedom in South Africa. They ultimately come out of the internal wranglings of a party that needs not fear the loss of office
Sunday 8th August

The playthings of humanity

Tony Curzon Price, 8 August 2010
Fulfilment does not come from self-government in Toy Story 3. Can Pixar ever let the Toys go free? See Related Articles for Jeremy O'Grady's reply
Monday 26th July

If code is law, then programmers rule

Tony Curzon Price, 26 July 2010
Impressions of the Open Rights Group conference, Orgcon 2010
Wednesday 21st July

Has Quantitative Easing worked?

Tony Curzon Price, 21 July 2010
Brief post - also out of the Cable talk - on efficacy of QE

Barbed-wire City and Financially Transmitted Diseases

Tony Curzon Price, 21 July 2010
Vince Cable explains that the City is a bit like the oil company compounds in Gabon - surrounded by barbed wire, paying a levy to government, but otherwise distant from the host country
Tuesday 29th June

It's up to You - the economics of openDemocracy

Tony Curzon Price, 29 June 2010
Yes, great, independent content costs and if the readers don't pay for it who will? Why you should want openDemocracy to be supported by voluntary reader donations and give if you can
Thursday 24th June

openDemocracy at (almost) 10

Tony Curzon Price, 24 June 2010
openDemocracy's next ten years: what more, what else, and how? Please join in the discussion and consider giving your support.
Tuesday 22nd June

A Defining Budget I: What does the UK budget mean?

Tony Curzon Price, 22 June 2010
What is the balance of the ideological, tactical and necessary in the axe-wielding plans for the UK public sector announced today?
Monday 7th June

Totem and World Cup - How British Broadcasting Corporation patronises England

Tony Curzon Price, 7 June 2010
Why can't the BBC talk about football like the French? oD's Editor-in-Chief asks why the Corporation's flagship morning news programme Today makes a fascinating question so dull.
Sunday 6th June

PSBF panel thoughts

Tony Curzon Price, 6 June 2010
Collecting some thoughts on the public service new media

Russian GDP and the oil price

Tony Curzon Price, 6 June 2010
Playing with Google's "motion" widget for data visualisation
Thursday 3rd June

Balancing on a Cable

Tony Curzon Price, 3 June 2010
Has the battle to reform finance in the UK already turned into a victory lap for the City? The indications from Liberal Democrat Secretary of State Vince Cable are ominous
Wednesday 12th May

The Eurozone is the new Europe

Tony Curzon Price, 12 May 2010
Will democracy be built around currency, or will currency revert to national democracies?
Monday 10th May

Europe: the central power grab

Tony Curzon Price, 10 May 2010
The 1/2 trillion Euro bail-out has calmed markets and handed power to the center
Saturday 8th May

UK Election: Clegg's Lib Dem options - a decision tree

Tony Curzon Price, 8 May 2010
Negotiations are hard things because they have so many moving parts. For those following the UK election here's a wiki-map decision theory approach to Clegg's choice. Conclusion: do a deal with the Tories today, do a PR deal with the rainbow coalition in 1 year. (Please go in and change the map where I've got it wrong)
Friday 7th May

Debate: "A hung parliament would be hell"

Tony Curzon Price, 7 May 2010
What are the arguments? I tried to do as much justice as possible to the anti-hangers on this IntelligenceSquared written debate - click through for the detail
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