Griffin Carpenter

Griffin Carpenter is an economic modeller at the New Economics Foundation. His research focuses on the environmental, social, and economic impacts of transitioning to sustainable management of natural resources.

Will Brexit spell the end of fishing quotas?

The Leave campaign promised that Brexit would help fishers ‘take back control’ of Britain’s fishing waters and stocks. But how quotas are allocated has always been a national decision.

By Griffin Carpenter

/ 28 Mar 2017

Will Brexit spell the end of fishing quotas?

The Leave campaign promised that Brexit would help fishers ‘take back control’ of Britain’s fishing waters and stocks. But how quotas are allocated has always been a national decision.

By Griffin Carpenter

/ 28 Mar 2017

The EU Common Fisheries Policy has helped, not harmed, UK fisheries

With an In/Out referendum on the horizon, we take a look at one of the EU's most maligned and misunderstood policies.

By Griffin Carpenter

/ 12 Jan 2016

The EU Common Fisheries Policy has helped, not harmed, UK fisheries

With an In/Out referendum on the horizon, we take a look at one of the EU's most maligned and misunderstood policies.

By Griffin Carpenter

/ 12 Jan 2016

The media and climate change: it’s worse than you think

The media scoffs at climate predictions but accepts economic predictions unquestioningly. But evidence shows that climatologists are much more accurate than economists in forecasting the future.

By Griffin Carpenter

/ 20 Mar 2014