Brett Christophers

Brett Christophers
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Oxford, University of British Columbia, University of Auckland
Academic work
DisciplineEconomic geography, political economy
InstitutionsUppsala University

Brett Christophers is an economic geographer who is professor at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Uppsala University. He has written extensively on the history of the modern financial sector, the financial management of real economic assets, and the effect on the environment from financial management of land and natural resources.

Christophers received a BA in social geography from the University of Oxford in 1993, an MA from the University of British Columbia in 1995, and a PhD from the University of Auckland in 2008.

Books

References

  1. 1 2 "Brett Christophers - Uppsala University, Sweden". www.katalog.uu.se.
  2. 1 2 "The Price Is Wrong by Brett Christophers review – why capitalism can't save the planet | Business and finance books | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com.
  3. 1 2 "The New Enclosure by Brett Christophers review – the sale of public land in neoliberal Britain | Politics books | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com.
  4. 1 2 "Our Lives in Their Portfolios — owners in the shadows". www.ft.com.
  5. ↑ Pollard, Jane; Leyshon, Andrew; Henderson, George; Christophers, Brett (April 7, 2014). "Book review symposium: Locating banks, tracking money: Banking across Boundaries: Placing Finance in Capitalism (2013)". Progress in Human Geography. 38 (2): 319–329. doi:10.1177/0309132513500759 – via CrossRef.
  6. ↑ Howard, Mark R. S. (December 7, 2023). "Book Reviews: Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?". Review of Radical Political Economics. 55 (4): 728–732. doi:10.1177/04866134231183739 – via CrossRef.
  7. ↑ Eby, Michael (23 October 2023). "How Asset Managers Ruined Our Lives". The Nation (Book review). Retrieved 25 February 2025.