Alan Freeman is a former Principal Economist at the Greater London Authority, author. He is known for 'The Poverty of Statistics' (2009), 'Benchmarking for Pluralism in Economics' (2009), 'Heavens Above: What Equilibrium Means for Economics' in Mosini, V. (ed) (2007), and for edited book 2004: with Boris Kagarlitsky (eds). The Politics of Empire: Globalisation in crisis.