Professor of Applied Economics and Public Finance of the Complutense University of Madrid. He was director of the Institute of Market Economics, Senior Associated Member of the St. Antony’s College of the University of Oxford and president of the Economic and Social Council of the Community of Madrid. Among his latest books are: Reforma judicial y economía de mercado (2001, with S. Pastor), Estrategias para un gobierno eficaz (2008, with S. Fitzpatrick and J. Gómez Pomar) and Índice de Libertad Económica en España 2011, 2013, 2015 (with R. Albert and R. Biazzi). Regular columnist at Expansión.