
Jan Toporowski
Professor of Economics and Finance at the School of Oriental and African Studies
Jan Toporowski is Professor of Economics and Finance at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He was born in Oxford, UK of Polish émigré parents. He studied Economics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and the University of Birmingham. He has worked in fund management, international banking, and in central banking. In 2013 his book ‘Why the World Economy Needs a Financial Crash’ and Other Critical Essays on Finance and Financial Economics (London: Anthem Press 2010) won the Unicus Prize for the Best Book Promoting the Understanding of Economics at the Warsaw Book Fair. He is the author of 'Michal Kalecki: An Intellectual Biography' (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and 'Michal Kalecki: An Intellectual Biography - Volume II: By Intellect Alone 1939-1970' (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

Can the Bank of England Do It? Paper launch

Can the Bank of England Do It? The scope and operations of the Bank of England’s monetary policy

The Return of the State – authors introduce their chapters
see films clips of authors introducing their chapters in PEF’s book , The Return of the State

The Return of the State – Council members explain the purpose of the book
see film clips of PEF Council members explaining the purpose of PEF’s new book, The Return of the State

The Provident Parent’s Guide to Government Debt
As government borrowing takes the ratio of public debt in Britain to national income above 100%, listen out for the alarms raised by fiscal conservatives that our profligacy is perpetuating debts that your children will have to pay

Can the Bank of England do it?
Professor Jan Toporowski and Dr Jo Michell introduce their new paper for PEF, examining the scope and operations of the Bank of England’s monetary policy.