Folk wisdom - speech by Andy Haldane

Lecture for the Bank of Estonia’s 100th Anniversary, Tallinn, Estonia
Published on 19 September 2018

In his lecture, Andy Haldane looks at how trust in experts and central banks has changed since the financial crisis. He says we need to communicate better with people and harness the “wisdom of crowds”. And he explains some of the ways we’re trying to do that.

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Andy Haldane's biography

Andy Haldane

Chief Economist and Executive Director, Monetary Analysis & Research from 2014 to 2020

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