Other articles from the conference discuss Anna Schwartz's many achievement
s and contributions to theory and policy in her long career as an economist
and economic historian. Anna's interest in better policy is shown, also, b
y her work with the Shadow Open Market Committee. She was a charter member
who remains on the Committee. We have worked there together for more than 2
5 years. This article tells of the origin and some of the workings of the S
hadow Committee.