Mason Gaffney was a professor of economics at the University of California (Riverside) and a leading authority on the economics of natural resources. He published extensively on urban economics and public finance. Fred Harrison read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford, and received his MSc from the University of London. He is an author and the Director at the Land Research Trust. Fred's first career was in newspaper journalism, most notably at The People newspaper, where he became chief reporter.