Dr Kristian Niemietz is Head of Political Economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs. He studied economics at the Humboldt University Berlin and the University of Salamanca, and political economy at King's College London. Kristian previously worked at the Berlin-based Institute for Free Enterprise (IUF) and taught economics at King's College London. He is the author of the books A New Understanding of Poverty (2011), Redefining the Poverty Debate (2012) and Universal Healthcare Without the NHS (2016).