Inside the Bank of England - Memoirs of Christopher Dow, Chief Economist 1973-84

A personal memoir from Christopher Dow, an influential British economist and a key player in the banking establishments of the post-war era. Contains insights and revelations into the issues and protagonists shaping British economic policy in the late 20th Century.

List of contents

The Crisis Year 1976: Events to Autumn, with a Brief Retrospective Back to 1973 Autumn 1976 to Summer 1977 Autumn 1977 to Summer 1978 Autumn 1978 to Summer 1979 Autumn 1979 to Summer 1980 Autumn 1980 to Summer 1981 Autumn 1981 to Summer 1982 Autumn 1982 to Summer 1983 Conclusion: Summer 1984

About the author

Graham Hacche worked at the International Monetary Fund for over twenty-five years, latterly as Deputy Director of the External Relations Department. Prior to this he worked as an economist at the Bank of England and also as a consultant for the OECD. His publications include scholarly articles on British monetary economics, sterling's exchange rate, and the IMF, and a book on The Theory of Economic Growth.

Christopher Taylor is a former Teaching Fellow at Judge Business School, Cambridge, UK, and previously held positions as Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and Visiting Fellow at the National Institute of Economic and
Social Research, UK. He spent twenty years in the Economics Division at the Bank of England, and latterly as Chief Adviser in the European Division. He has published widely on EMU, monetary policy and macroeconomics.

Summary

A personal memoir from Christopher Dow, an influential British economist and a key player in the banking establishments of the post-war era. Contains insights and revelations into the issues and protagonists shaping British economic policy in the late 20th Century.

Product details

• Authors: C Dow, C. Dow, C. (University of Warwick) Dow, Graham Hacche
• Assisted by: Hacche (Editor), G Hacche (Editor), G. Hacche (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349441068
• ISBN: 978-1-349-44106-8
• No. of pages: 313
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History; Palgrave Studies in Economic H; Palgrave Studies in Economic History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; B, Economic Policy, macroeconomics, Economic history, Political Economy, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Monetary Economics, Management science, International Political Economy, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, International Political Economy’, banking;crisis;economic policy