Mark Carney: Britain’s Celebrity Central Banker

by George Pickering
Mises.org

An awed hush descended over the crowd, as the most powerful man in the British economy prepared to give his response. Sitting at the front of the room, Bank of England governor Mark Carney surveyed his audience, paused to consider the question for a moment, and then finally decided on his answer: “Pizza.”

The event in question took place last month, when Mr. Carney visited Whitley Academy in Coventry, a small provincial city in the English midlands, where he was questioned by a group of 12–18 year old pupils on everything from his favourite kinds of food (pizza, for the record) and chocolate, to his favourite television programmes, to whether he preferred dogs or cats. The event was part of the BBC’s “School Report” initiative, which aims to give young people a taste of what it’s like to work for Britain’s state-sponsored news and entertainment monolith. As well as Mr. Carney, BBC School Report has also allowed pupils to meet with celebrities such as Angelina Jolie. But even in such illustrious company, the pupils’ meeting with the man in charge of the world’s oldest central bank left them impressed with how “informal” and even “cool” he was.

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