Richard Coopey lectures in history at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Previously he was Senior Research Fellow at the Business History Unit of the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research interests include the history of technology, banking, retailing, and water resources. Publications include 3i: Fifty Years Investing in Industry with D. Clarke (OUP, 1995), Britain in the 1970s: The Troubled Economy with N. Woodward (UCL, 1995), and Information Technology Policy: An International History (OUP, 2004). Sean O'Connell is Senior Lecturer in History at the Univers...