Charles Goodhart

Charles Albert Eric Goodhart, is a British economist. He worked at the Bank of England on its public policy from 1968 to 1985, and worked at the London School of Economics from 1966 to 1968 and 1986 to 2002. His work focuses on central bank governance practices and monetary frameworks. He also conducted academic research into foreign exchange markets. He is best known for formulating Goodhart's law, which states: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."