# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-goodhart
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:29:46.570Z

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name: "Charles Goodhart"
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description: "Charles Albert Eric Goodhart, 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. 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.\""
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birthDate: "1936-10-23"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump