Bank Politics Structural Reform in Comparative Perspective

David Howarth, Professor, Institute of Political Science, University of Luxembourg,Scott James, Reader in Political Economy, King's College London

David Howarth has been a Full Professor at the University of Luxembourg since 2012 and awas previously a Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Edinburgh. He works on European political economy topics, with specific focus on financial regulation and economic and monetary union. His many publications include The Political Economy of Banking Union (with Lucia Quaglia; OUP, 2016), The Difficult Construction of European Banking Union (with Joachim Schild; Routledge, 2020), and Regional Development Banks in the World Economy (with Judith Clifton and Daniel Fuentes; OUP 2021).

Scott James is a Reader in Political Economy at King's College London, having previously held visiting positions at the Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford) and the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI). His research interests relate to the political economy of finance and financial regulation; Britain, Europe and the City of London; and the role of economic ideas and knowledge in policy making. He has published over twenty articles in international journals and his book The UK and Multi-Level Financial Regulation: From Post-Crisis Reform to Brexit (with Lucia Quaglia) was published in 2020 by Oxford University Press.