"Memoirs are all very well, but usually too long. This invaluablebook gives us chancellors on their feet, after most of them havebeen on the ropes. I couldn't put it down."
William Keegan, The Observer
"Anyone who remembers the episode of Father Ted in which he useshis Golden Cleric award acceptiance speech to stick the boot in toeveryone who has ever crossed him will find many of thereminiscences strangely familiar."
EN Magazine
"One of the many fascinating sub-themes to emerge from thiscollection is how little regard even the more cerebralholders of the office since 1974 had for the craft of theprofessional economist ... the inclusion of the discussiontranscripts [from the original lectures] is a great
bonus."
Peter Hennessy, Times Literary Supplement
"Sir Howard Davies had the ingenious idea of getting everychancellor from Denis Healy, except John Major who held the officefor only a year before being translated to higher things, to givean account of how they saw things."
Financial Times
"Davies writes a careful but typically elegantintroduction."
Public
"A crucial text for those interested in British economic policysince the breakdown of Bretton Woods."
Chris Huhne, Business Economist
"Almost all the chancellors holding office between 1974 and 1997set out their personal interpretation of their experiences, withdisarming openness at times - and Howard Davies brings therecurring themes together with great skill. Taken collectivelythese essays give us an absorbing insight into the conduct ofeconomic policy."
Lord Burns, Former Treasury Permanent Secretary
