Charles Goodhart - Wikipedia

Charles Albert Eric Goodhart, CBE, FBA (born 23 October 1936) is a British economist. He worked at the Bank of England on its public policy from 1968–1985, and worked at the London School of Economics from 1966–1968 and 1986–2002. Charles Goodhart's work focuses on central bank governance practices and monetary frameworks.[1][2] He also conducted academic research into foreign exchange markets.[1] He is best known for formulating Goodhart's Law, which states: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."[3] Charles Goodhart was born on 23 October 1936 in Oxford, England to Arthur Lehman Goodhart, an American residing in England, and his English wife, Cecily Carter.[1] His father studied law at Trinity College, Cambridge, eventually becoming a law don at Corpus Christi College.[1] Following the family's move to Oxford, Charles' father became the Professor of Jurisprudence in 1936 and the Master of University College (1951–1963).[1][2] While their father was Jewish,

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