Ernest Lamers

Ernest Lamers, a Dutch national, read international economics and finance at the University of Tilburg (The Netherlands) and has a PhD in Economics. He left Holland in 1963 for an international career that took him successively to Ankara and Paris (O.E.C.D.), Washington (World Bank), London (City) and Luxemburg–Rome–Luxemburg (European Investment Bank) for some 25 years. He is now retired and has used his otium — cum dignitate, he hopes — to put his thoughts about a few political matters on paper.