Irwin Stelzer is a consultant on market strategy for U.S and U.K industries. He worked closely with Rupert Murdoch for 35 years. He has a regular column in the Sunday Times and is an occasional contributor to the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and the New Statesman. He has received the ICAP Comment Award for Economics Commentator of the Year and has a Doctorate in Economics from Cornell University. He resides in London and the United States.