Ryan Avent

Director of Portfolio Communications at Select Equity Group; Former Senior Editor at The Economist; Author of "The Wealth of Humans" and "The Gated City"

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Ryan Avent Biography

Ryan Avent is director of portfolio communications for Select Equity Group. He previously covered the global economy as senior editor for The Economist for 15 years. Previously, he worked as an economic consultant and as an industry analyst for the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the principal fact-finding agency for the US Government in the broad field of labour economics and statistics.

He is the author of "The Wealth of Humans" and "The Gated City.". Other work has been published by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, the Guardian, Bloomberg, and a number of other publications. He has also had articles published by the journal of Economic Geography, the journal of the Royal Economic Society, and the journal of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.

He now lives in North Carolina with his wife, daughter and son.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/15/2024.

Ryan Avent Videos

  • How to prepare for the next global recession with Ryan Avent
    A decade after the global recession, the world’s economy is vulnerable again. Ryan Avent, our economics columnist, considers how the next recession...
  • Automation: The Wage Connection: Ryan Avent
  • Ryan Avent - The Digital Revolution and the Future of Work
    We live in a rapidly changing world. Design and technology are changing what it means to work and what roles we play in our society. What will work...

Ryan Avent Books

  • The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century
    The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the Twenty-first Century
  • The Gated City (Kindle Single)
    The Gated City (Kindle Single)

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