David Henry Smith

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David Henry Smith
Born1954 (age 6970)
OccupationEconomics author
Employer The Sunday Times

David Henry Smith (born 1954) is a British economics author. He is known for being his book The Dragon and the Elephant [1] and for being the economics editor of The Sunday Times weekly newspaper.

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Biography

Smith was born in the West Midlands, and grew up in West Bromwich.

In 1989, Smith became the economics editor of The Sunday Times weekly newspaper.

In 2007, Smith was one of five shortlisted journalists in the finance/business category at the British Press Awards. [2] A year later at the same awards, he was awarded the Highly Commended Feature Writer of the Year. [3]

Writings

In 2007, reviewer Larry Prusak described The Dragon and The Elephant as "one of the best of breed of such books". [1]

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