Perhaps the most prolific former ASOPA student in terms of sheer weight of published work is Keith Bain (ASOPA 1962-63) who, having made England his home, recently retired from the University of East London. Keith (along with Peter Howells) co-authored no less than nine economics books between 1985 (‘An Introduction to Monetary Economics’) and 2003 (‘Monetary Economics’). That’s one every two years for the statistically inclined. Keith says “My academic interests are monetary economics, financial economics and macroeconomic policy. My genuine interests are cricket, theatre, poetry, Italian language, literature and film, and Saint Sebastian in art.”