Charlie Bean (economist)
Sir Charles Bean | |
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| Born | September 16, 1953 United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Economist, academic |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Known for | Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy at the Bank of England, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics |
Sir Charles Richard Bean (born 16 September 1953) is a distinguished British economist and currently holds the position of Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. From July 2008 until June 2014, he fulfilled the role of Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy at the Bank of England, having previously spent eight years as its Chief Economist.
Bean's academic journey began at Brentwood School and continued at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He completed his doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981, where his dissertation on unemployment was supervised by Robert Solow. In 1990, he held a visiting professorship at Stanford University before joining the London School of Economics as a lecturer. By 1999, he had advanced to professor and was appointed head of the Economics Department.
His scholarly work primarily addresses issues related to European unemployment, the Economic and Monetary Union, and broader macroeconomic topics. Between 1986 and 1990, Bean served as Managing Editor of the Review of Economic Studies. He has provided expert advice to several governmental bodies, including Her Majesty's Treasury, the House of Commons Treasury Committee, and the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. Additionally, he has offered counsel to the House of Lords concerning the European Central Bank.
In recognition of his significant contributions to monetary policy and central banking, Bean was knighted in 2014. He is also a fellow of the European Economic Association.