About the Author

Dr Kristian Niemietz is the IEA's Head of Health and Welfare, and a Research Fellow at the Age Endeavour Fellowship (AEF). Kristian studied Economics at the Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin and the Universidad de Salamanca, and Political Economy at King's College London, where he obtained his doctorate. He is the author of the IEA monographs Redefining the poverty debate and A new understanding of poverty, the latter winning the 2011 Templeton Freedom Award in the category 'Free Enterprise Solutions to Poverty'.