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Tim Congdon is one of the world's leading monetary analysts. After starting
his career as a journalist on The Times, he became an economist in the City of London
in 1976. He founded the economic research consultancy, Lombard Street Research, in
1989 after correctly warning that the excessive money growth during the Lawson
Chancellorship would lead to double-digit inflation. Between 1992 and 1997 he was a
member of the Treasury Panel (the so-called 'wise men') which advised the British government
in a successful period for economic policy-making. He left Lombard Street Research in 2005,
to create more time for writing up his theories. His book on Keynes, the Keynesians and
Monetarism appeared in September 2007. International Monetary Research Ltd. is his
latest venture.
Tim Congdon is a controversial figure in British economic policy-making, because of his consistent advocacy of the importance of money and banking to macroeconomic outcomes. He has been a visiting professor at two universities and published numerous academic papers. He was appointed CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 1997 for services to economic debate.
"Tim Congdon has been Britain's leading monetarist for about three decades... He has a sharp eye for statistics, for history, for the twists and flows of intellectual fads, and for the political arena where debate hardens suddenly into the stone of decision. He is subtle, practical, bellicose and highly articulate. This volume is vintage Congdon in every sense."
- Professor Peter Sinclair, in a review of Keynes, the Keynesians and Monetarism in the journal, The Business Economist