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Linda Yueh

Adjunct Professor of Economics

BA (Yale) MPP (Harvard) JD (NYU, School of Law) MA DPhil (Oxford)

Dr Linda Yueh is an economist whose research and writing focus on economic growth, development, and the macroeconomic challenges facing modern economies. Her work examines the intersection of law, economics, and policy, with particular expertise in China's economic emergence and global economic transformation. She has published extensively, authoring/editing 11 books including The Great Crashes: Lessons from Global Meltdowns and How to Prevent Them, The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today, China's Growth: The Making of an Economic Superpower and Macroeconomics. She is Fellow in Economics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University and has served as Visiting Professor at the IDEAS research centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science and at Peking University.

Dr Yueh brings extensive professional experience across government, finance, and international organisations. She serves on numerous advisory boards, including at LSE IDEAS, and the Policy Committee of the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE. She has advised the World Bank, European Commission, Asian Development Bank, and the World Economic Forum. She is a Non-Executive Director of publicly listed companies and holds trusteeships with major foundations.

Academic and professional experience

  • Adjunct Professor of Economics, London Business School (2011-present)

  • Visiting Senior Fellow, London Business School (2010-2011)

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, London Business School (2006-2010)

  • Fellow by Special Election in Economics, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford (2007-present)

  • Teaching Fellow in Economics, Pembroke College, University of Oxford (2003-2007)

  • Lecturer in Economics, University of Oxford (2000-2003)

  • Visiting Professor, LSE IDEAS (2019-2022)

  • Visiting Senior Fellow, LSE (2017-2018)

  • Chair, LSE Economic Diplomacy Commission (2019-2022)

  • Visiting Professor of Economics, Peking University (2013-2015)

Awards and honours

  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for Services to Economics (2023)

  • Founding Fellow, Royal Economic Society (2025)


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