200 Years of Financial Crises - Lessons Learnt and Lessons Forgotten
Professor Forrest Capie
Cass Business School, City University, London
After working as an accountant for Ford Motor Company and as a civil servant in the Department of Trade and Industry in New Zealand, Professor Capie read economics and economic history at the University of Auckland and the London School of Economics. Amongst many books, he has written 'Depression and Protectionism' and was co-author of 'The Inter-War British Economy'. He has also written papers on monetary and trade history and was editor of The Economic History Review from 1992-1999. He served on the Shadow Chancellor's advisory council from 199 to 2004, and on the Shadow Monetary Policy Committee from 2002 to 2004. He is currently writing the next instalment in the history of the Bank of England.
12.30pm for a 1.00pm start