Policy Makers on Policy

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.

• 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

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