Callum Williams is Senior Economics Writer at The Economist, an author and a speaker on economics, politics and global trends.
As Senior Economics Writer for The Economist, Callum’s economic insights are highly sought after. Callum has a unique perspective on the intersection between the economy, markets and politics. He is a regular contributor to The Economist‘s podcasts and seminars, and he has been interviewed by the BBC, Fareed Zakaria and Sky News. Audiences value his no-nonsense style, and come away from his speeches feeling more clever than when they arrived.
At The Economist, he covers global economic trends including artificial intelligence, the future of work, inflation and globalisation. In October 2023 Callum authored a highly popular “special report” on the future of globalisation, which focused on the risks and opportunities from industrial policy and AI.
He can speak on a wide variety of topics. Living in San Francisco, he has an inside view of the AI boom, bringing rigorous data-driven analysis to the topic. He can talk about the relationship between stockmarkets and the surge in inflation. In 2023 he argued, against the consensus, that the world economy would avoid a recession.
He is also the author of The Classical School: The Birth of Economics in 20 Enlightened Lives (2020), which explores the history of economic thought.
Callum has studied at Cambridge, Oxford and Harvard, where he was supervised by Amartya Sen.