Originally posted by SimonGray
I have heard of an author called David Boyle who writes about economics. Is this the one you are referring to?

I don't think so, he wrote Blood for Oil, which got sent around in e-mails a while ago.
If you want I can post the entirity of Blood for Oil if you've never read it, but you can find it on the net if you search in Google.
He has an exhibition in Blackpool called the Exhibition of the Universe.
Exhibition of the Universe