Daniel earned a BSc. In Economics and Philosophy with First Class Honors from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a PhD in economics from MIT.Daniel has been involved in education in other ways as well. He is a past Vice-Chairman of the Board of Grand Valley State University in Michigan USA.Daniel has been, and is, a prolific blogger and letter writer. He has written for the Sceptical Market Observer blogpost and he has been, and is, a frequent letter writer in the Financial Times newspaper.Daniel has been, and plans in the future to be an author of books. He has written two books on economics; The Financial Crisis Reconsidered and A Theory of Accumulation and Secular Stagnation, both published in 2015/16 by Palgrave-Macmillan/Springer.Daniel has been, is, and plans to be in the future, a business entrepreneur. He has invested in land and developed many types of real estate in different locations in the US and he has been a pioneer in the creation of endangered species mitigation banks. He has earned his share of trophies and battle scars.Daniel is insatiably curious about China and technology. He has dabbled in both, but intends to spend more time on them in the future by integrating them into his business and academic pursuits.