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Mon Mar 31st - "The Bank of England's Mission, and the Positive Money proposals"
talk by John Singleton, Professor of Economic and Business History at Sheffield Hallam University
This talk will explain the origins of the Bank of England and outline its various functions in today's economy. The talk will also discuss how the role of the Bank of England would change under the Positive Money proposals for reforming the monetary system.
Prof. John Singleton's most recent book is Central Banking in the Twentieth Century , published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. He worked at Victoria University of Wellington between 1993 and 2010 and was the principal author of 'Innovation and Independence' , a commissioned history of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
Where and when
Quaker Meeting House (St James St, S1 2EW) - main meeting room
refreshments (50p) from 7:15pm, meeting from 7:30 - 9:00pm
We ask for a voluntary donation (suggested £3) to cover costs
talk by John Singleton, Professor of Economic and Business History at Sheffield Hallam University
This talk will explain the origins of the Bank of England and outline its various functions in today's economy. The talk will also discuss how the role of the Bank of England would change under the Positive Money proposals for reforming the monetary system.
Prof. John Singleton's most recent book is Central Banking in the Twentieth Century , published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. He worked at Victoria University of Wellington between 1993 and 2010 and was the principal author of 'Innovation and Independence' , a commissioned history of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
Where and when
Quaker Meeting House (St James St, S1 2EW) - main meeting room
refreshments (50p) from 7:15pm, meeting from 7:30 - 9:00pm
We ask for a voluntary donation (suggested £3) to cover costs