Ben Patterson (politician)
British writer and Conservative Party politician
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George Benjamin Patterson (born 21 April 1939) is a British writer and former Conservative Party politician.
21 April 1939
- United Kingdom
Ben Patterson | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Kent West | |
| In office 7 June 1979 – 19 July 1994 | |
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| Born | George Benjamin Patterson 21 April 1939 Hemel Hempstead, England |
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| Party | Conservative |
Ben Patterson was born in Hemel Hempstead.[1] He was educated at Westminster School, Trinity College, Cambridge, and the London School of Economics.[2] His first job was as a tutor at Swinton Conservative College, lecturing on the Common Market.
From 1968 to 1971 he was a Councillor on the London Borough of Hammersmith. [3]
In 1979, at the first direct elections to the European Parliament, Patterson was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Kent West. He served as vice-chairman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy from January 1992 until he was defeated in the 1994 European elections.[1]
Bibliography
Patterson wrote many publications, including the following:[4]
- Direct Elections to the European Parliament (1974)
- Powers of the European Parliament (1979)
- Purse-Strings of Europe (1979)
- Vredeling and All That (1984)
- Europe and Employment (1984)
- VAT: The Zero Rate Issue (1988)
- European Monetary Union (1991)
- A European Currency: on track for 1999? (1994)
- Options for a Definitive VAT System (1995)
- The Co-ordination of National Fiscal Policies (1996)
- The Consequences of Abolishing Duty Free (1997)
- Adjusting to Asymmetric Shocks (1998)
- The Feasibility of a 'Tobin Tax' (1999)
- The Determination of Interest Rates (1999)
- Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy (2000)
- Tax Co-ordination in the EU (2002)
- Background to the Euro (2003)
- Public Debt (2003)
- The Euro: Success or Failure? (2006)
- Understanding the EU Budget (2011)
