The Money Trap: Escaping the Grip of Global Finance

About R. Pringle

Robert Pringle the chairman and founder of Central Banking journal is a financial commentator economics editor and entrepreneur. He has devoted his career to reporting and analysing developments in the international money and capital markets and the international monetary system. His experience gives him a unique perspective on the dramatic changes that have occurred in global economics and finance and the problems that face the world economy now. He has held senior positions on The Economist The Banker (as editor) the Group of 30 (a well-known think tank of which he was the first director) and at the WIDER Institute of the United Nations University. He has also served as a consultant to leading commercial banks and to governments on economic policy issues. He founded Central Banking Publications in 1990 and has built it into a leading source of independent information and commentary on the activities of central banks around the world. He has interviewed numerous central bank governors and has commissioned and published original work by many leading international economists.