Willem Buiter
Willem Hendrik Buiter (born September 26, 1949)[1] was a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee from June 1997-May 2000. He joined the London School of Economics as a chair in the European Institute in September 2005.
He is also a contributor to the Financial Times, where until December 2009 he wrote a blog entitled "Maverecon". In April 2008, he wrote a paper about the situation of Icelandic banks for Landsbanki, together with his wife Anne Sibert.[2] In mid July 2008, an updated version was presented to the government of Iceland.[3] The Icelandic interlocutors considered the paper to be too market-sensitive and it was agreed to keep it confidential.[3] Born in The Netherlands, he is a national of the US and the UK.[4] In November 2009, Buiter joined Citigroup as Chief Economist, replacing Lewis Alexander who vacated the position to work with the United States Treasury eight months prior. In an April 2009 blog post, Buiter described Citigroup as "a conglomeration of worst practice from across the financial spectrum"[5]
His father was Harm Buiter (1922-2011) a Dutch economist and politician of the Labour Party (PvdA), who served as Mayor of Groningen. [6]
[edit] References
- ^ Biographical Information Willem Buiter's NBER home page
- ^ W. Buiter, All in the family, 8 March 2009
- ^ a b W. Buiter, A. Sibert, The Icelandic banking crisis and what to do about it, CEPR Policy Insight No. 26, [1]
- ^ personal page Willem Buiter's webpage
- ^ Craig Stirling and Bradley Keoun (30 November 2009). "Willem Buiter Will Join Citigroup as Chief Economist". bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aQ4gD_50jmjA. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ (Dutch) Oud-burgemeester Groningen Harm Buiter overleden Oud-burgemeester Groningen Harm Buiter overleden
[edit] External links
- FT.com | Willem Buiter's Maverecon
- NBER.org | Willem Buiter at NBER
| The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee | ||
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| Governor: Sir Edward George (June 1997–June 2003) | ||
| June 1997-July 1997: | George | Davies | King | Buiter | Goodhart | Plenderleith | |
| August 1997: | George | King | Buiter | Goodhart | Plenderleith | |
| September 1997-November 1997: | George | King | Buiter | Goodhart | Plenderleith | Clementi | Julius | |
| December 1997-May 1998: | George | King | Buiter | Goodhart | Plenderleith | Clementi | Julius | Budd | |
| June 1998-May 1999: | George | King | Buiter | Goodhart | Plenderleith | Clementi | Julius | Budd | Vickers | |
| June 1999-May 2000: | George | King | Buiter | Goodhart | Plenderleith | Clementi | Julius | Vickers | Wadhwani | |
