Michael Allingham

Michael Allingham was educated at Lancing College and then at the University of Edinburgh, where he 'read natural philosophy and then political economy'.

He has ridden under Jockey Club rules,[2] and was joint-owner of the winner of the 2002 Dewhurst Stakes, 'the single most significant two-year-old race in Europe'.

[4] In substance, it concerns the workings of the entire economy; in style, it is axiomatic and rigorous.

His latest book has been described by a reviewer as 'a probing analytical comparison, by an economic theorist, of the major accounts dominating that literature ... meticulously isolating their respective strengths and weaknesses: a tour de force'.

[9] Allingham is also the author of the novel Trust,[10] 'an entertainment in the sense used by Graham Greene: a story that shows a profound interest in the interplay of morality and abnormal behavior'.