Professor Charles Feinstein is Chichele Professor of Economic History at All Souls College, Oxford.

Professor Peter Temin is Professor of Economics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Professor Gianni Toniolo is Professor of Economics, University of Venice, Italy.

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