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Peter De Keyzer

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Peter De Keyzer (born 23 April 1975[1] in lier) is a Belgian economist, chief economist of BNP Paribas Fortis, part of the BNP Paribas banking group.

Biography[edit]

Education[edit]

De Keyzer completed his secondary education at the Our Lady of Lourdes College in Edegem, obtaining his high school diploma (sciences option) in 1993. He then pursued higher education studies at the University of Antwerp, where he was awarded a Master’s degree in economics in 1998, graduating magna cum laude.[2]

He obtained a PhD in applied economic sciences, awarded cum laude, in 2000.[3] His final paper was entitled "Is there an optimal degree of central bank independence?".

During his time at ABN AMRO, he followed a special Managing for Growth programme in 2007 and obtained a diploma in advanced risk management from the Solvay Master Class at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) in 2008.

Other activities[edit]

In 2014, he was awarded the Prize for Liberty by Nova Civitas.[4]

Economic beliefs[edit]

De Keyzer is a strong proponent of the principle of a basic universal income.

In an article in Dutch-language business newspaper De Tijd he argued, "A guaranteed basic income provides a solution for people with few job skills. Nowadays a lot of relatively uneducated people have too little to offer in order to warrant even the gross minimum wage."[5]

De Keyzer argues for a free market economy in which prosperity and growth are driven not by state intervention but by a process of ‘creative destruction’. He wrote on this subject, "Are we poorer today because people no longer plough the fields manually or weave carpets by hand? Or because dairy farmers do not bring bottles of milk round to our houses anymore? New technologies foster greater prosperity and boost purchasing power. ... What will help, though, is thinking seriously about how they can contribute to prosperity going forward."[6][when?]

De Keyzer’s main fields of expertise are the European economy, the Eurozone, issues around "Japanisation", the work of the European Central Bank, quantitative easing and education.[citation needed]

Bibliography[edit]

In 2014, De Keyzer book Growth Makes You Happy – An Optimist’s View of Progress and the Free Market was published.[7][8][9]

De Keyzer writes a blog in which he sets out his economic analyses.[10]

De Keyzer writes a twice-monthly column for Belgian-Dutch language business daily newspaper De Tijd and its French-language sister publication L'Echo, and has also been a regular contributor to several other financial press organs on such topics as demography, economic growth, the euro zone and financial affairs.[11]

Criticism[edit]

Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, has stated, "Europe needs to hear the message of freer markets and stronger economic growth, and this book is one very good place to start."[12]

References[edit]

  1. "Speaker of the Credit Risk Management 2015". Fleming Europe. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. "Biografieën Sprekers Think Global Day 2014". Bescherming van de persoonsgegevens. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. "European Students for Liberty Regional Conference". European Students for Liberty. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  4. "English". Libera. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  5. "Redirect to Philippe gijsels". blogs.bnpparibasfortis.com.
  6. "Redirect to Philippe gijsels". blogs.bnpparibasfortis.com.
  7. http://www.flanderstoday.eu/innovation/growth-makes-you-happy-peter-de-keyzer-optimistic
  8. https://www.lannoo.be/nl/producten/algemene-economie/growth-makes-you-happy
  9. "5 trends for the future of economic growth". World Economic Forum.
  10. "Redirect to Philippe gijsels". blogs.bnpparibasfortis.com.
  11. Hope, Alan. "Growth makes you happy: Peter De Keyzer is optimistic". Flanders Today. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  12. "[NEW YORK]: Learning Session: "Growth makes you happy" with Peter De Keyzer, Chief Economist at BNP Paribas Fortis". Belcham. Retrieved 25 May 2015.


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