2nd Edition

Policy Makers on Policy The Mais Lectures

Edited By Forrest Capie, Geoffrey Wood Copyright 2011
312 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

Monetary policy is still one of the most contested areas of modern economics, and since the original publication of Policy Makers on Policy much has changed. This new edition collects contributions from leading policy makers and practitioners to reflect on the aims and objectives of monetary policy and on what it can achieve, combining the old chapters from Gordon Brown, Tony Blair,... Read more

1. Introduction: Twenty-Five Years of Monetary Policy Forrest Capie and Geoffrey Wood  Part 1  2. Reflections on the Conduct of Monetary Policy The Rt Hon Gordon Richardson  3. Objectives of Monetary Policy: Past and Present Lord Robbins of Clare Market  4. The Fight against Inflation The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Howe QC MP  5. The Instruments of Monetary Policy The Rt Hon Robin Leigh-Pemberton  Part 2  6. Monetary Policy: Practice Ahead of Theory Mais Lecture 2005 Mervyn King  7. Monetary Policy in Britain and Europe Eddie George  8. Financial and Monetary Integration: Benefits, Opportunities and Pitfalls Hans Tietmeyer  9. Reflections on European Monetary Policy Ernst Welteke  10. The ECB and The Euro: The First Five Years Otmar Issing  Part 3:  11. The Process of European Financial Integration Claude Trichet  12. The British Experiment The RT Hon Nigel Lawson MP  13. The Economic Framework for New Labour The RT Hon Tony Blair  14. The Conditions for Full Employment The Rt Hon Gordon Brown  15. Maintaining Stability in a Global Economy Alistair Darling  Part 4  16. A New Economic Model George Osborne  17. Benefits and Costs: Securing the Future of Social Security The Rt Hon Peter Lilley MP  18. The Changing World of Work in the 1990s The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP  19. Some Presumptions of Economic Liberalism Sir Samuel Brittan  20. Markets, Governments and Virtues Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Biography

Forrest H. Capie is Professor of Economic History at Cass Business School, City University, and historian to the Bank of England, UK.

Geoffrey E. Wood is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Cass Business School, City University, UK.

From the first edition:

"These writers offer tremendous insights into the information by bringing together the views of a broad range of leading policy makers and practitioners." - Business Horizons, 2002