Vijay Joshi, Senior Research Fellow of St John’s College, Emeritus Fellow of Merton, and my tutor in Economics after John Black left Merton to take a chair in Exeter University. I thank them for the guidance and advice that they gave me, a young country bumpkin, and helped to make me the man I am today. I am extremely grateful to them.
I would have wished to mention each and every teacher, family member, friend and collaborator by name for their contribution – I can assure you I am not lost for words when it comes to gratitude – but time constraints and your patience prevent me from doing that.