Geoffrey Wood
Geoffrey Wood is professor emeritus of Economics at Cass Business School and of Monetary Economics at the University of Buckingham. He has taught also at Warwick University, and has worked at the Bank of England as well as, among other institutions, the US Federal Reserve System and the New Zealand Treasury. He has published numerous scholarly articles and books in the fields of monetary economics, monetary and financial history, and regulation. Currently in addition to his continuing research activities he is on the board of an investment trust, adviser to two pension funds, and a senior adviser to PI Capital.
Geoffrey is a book reviewer for Central Banking, writing regularly for the ‘Booknotes’ section of the quarterly journal.
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Articles by Geoffrey Wood
Book notes: The economic government of the world 1933–2023, by Martin Daunton
A deep dive into the politics, personalities, trade theory and trade practice of the era, but missing a crucial element: the collapse in the US stock of money
Book notes: Capital and ideology, by Thomas Piketty
A political pamphlet like Milton’s ‘Areopagitica’, but longer
Book notes: Austerity, by Alberto Alesina, Carlo Favero and Francesco Giavazzi
When it works and when it doesn’t; every chapter is thorough, informative and persuasive
Book notes: In the combat zone of finance, by Svein Harald Øygard
Fascinating and readable book for those charged with maintaining financial stability
Debts, deficits, central banks and inflation
What insights can history provide for central banks hit by large rises in government debt?
Book notes: Finance and philosophy, by Alex J Pollock
Readable and useful book that provides much food for thought, and should be read widely by economists and policy-makers
Book notes: American default, by Sebastian Edwards
Edwards’ book is fascinating, well written, relating one of US’s forgotten chapters of history
Book notes: Respectable banking, by Anthony Hotson
Author’s sensible goal of “respectable banking” is admirable, but recommendations would not all help to achieve this
Book notes: Advice & Dissent: My Life in Public Service, by YV Reddy
Engaging look into private life and career of former governor of Reserve Bank of India
Book notes: Fed Up, by Danielle diMartino Booth
A “fascinating but annoying” account by US Fed insider who openly criticises culture of US central bank
Book notes: The curse of cash, by Kenneth S Rogoff
A well-written book, but weak in its analysis and historical perspective