The Road to Recovery: How and Why Economic Policy Must Change

Acknowledgements

I have many to thank for the help that I have received in writing this book, because it is the result of long hours of discussion with a variety of people. First of all, my thanks go to Martin Wolf, who has so kindly and generously written the foreword. My particular thanks go to those to whom I sent a copy in draft; Bruno Biais, Simon May, James Mitchell, Jonathan Steinberg, Dimitri Vayanos, Martin Weale, Paul Woolley and Stephen Wright have all made very helpful comments as a result of which the book is considerably revised. Whatever its current defects, I am sure that it is much improved as a result of their kindness in reading the draft and suggesting changes and I am most grateful.

My thanks also go to my friends and colleagues at Smithers & Co and particularly to Vanessa Brown, Annalise Hamilton and Otis Stewart. My thanks go to Annalise for organising all the details needed for publication, to Otis for help with the data and above all to Vanessa, who as all those mentioned here will endorse, has borne the brunt of getting everything actually completed.