Malcolm Cooper

[Dave Birch] Malcolm Cooper is the author of "In Search of the Eternal Coin" and the Official Historian for the Long Finance project. He holds a First Class Bachelor of Arts in History from Dalhousie University, a Master of Arts in History from the University of Western Ontario, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Modern History from Oxford University. His career has included a Research Fellowship at Downing College, Cambridge, management of the research programme of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, equity research management with three different investment banks and a five year spell as Head of Research for the City of London Corporation. His most recent post was as Head of research for the independent public policy think tank Centre for Cities.

Malcolm commissioned and worked with Z/Yen on the Global Financial Centres Index, and has since written several pieces on the impact of the recession on financial services employment in the UK. He is involved in both the London Accord and Long Finance initiatives.

Long Finance aims to improve society’s understanding and use of finance over the long-term, in contrast to the short-termism that defines today’s financial and economic views. Our goal is to develop a Long Finance movement that submits challenging ideas and options to rigorous analysis and vigorous debate. Along the way we hope to have some intellectual fun. The Eternal Coin in the iconic project for Long Finance and in this podcast Malcolm discusses the Eternal Coin and the long history of value.

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[Richard Veryard]

Following Malcolm's presentation of his paper at Gresham College recently, I have written a follow-up piece entitled "The Sempiternal Coin".

http://www.scribd.com/doc/29200229/Sempiternal-Coin-the-purpose-of-a-currency-is-what-it-does