Tony Atkinson
Sir Anthony Barnes "Tony" Atkinson,[1] (4 September 1944 – 1 January 2017)[2] was a British economist. He was the Senior Research Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics.[3] A student of James Meade, Atkinson virtually single-handedly established the modern British field of inequality and poverty studies. He worked on inequality and poverty for over four decades.[4]
Tony Atkinson | |
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 Tony Atkinson at the Festival of Economics in Trento, May 2015 | |
| Born | Anthony Barnes Atkinson 4 September 1944 Caerleon, Wales |
| Died | 1 January 2017 (aged 72) Oxford, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Institution | Nuffield College, Oxford London School of Economics |
| Field | Economics of income distribution, poverty, micro-economics |
| School or tradition | Neo-Keynesian economics |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Doctoral students | John Micklewright |
| Influences | James Meade |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Atkinson died on 1 January 2017 from multiple myeloma in Oxford, England, aged 72.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Atkinson, A. B. (Anthony Barnes), 1944–". Library of Congress. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
CIP t.p. (A.B. Atkinson, London School of Economics) data sheet (b. 09-04-44)
- ↑ RIP Sir Tony Atkinson
- ↑ "Tony Atkinson – Biography". Tony Atkinson – personal website. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ↑ "Mind the Gap: Anthony Atkinson, the godfather of inequality research, on a growing problem", The Economist, 6 June 2015, retrieved 7 June 2015
- ↑ Giles, Chris; O'Connor, Sarah (2 January 2017). Sir Tony Atkinson, economist and campaigner, 1944-2017. Nomura. https://www.ft.com/content/cbda844a-d0ea-11e6-9341-7393bb2e1b51. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ↑ Anthony Atkinson: The economist who battled against inequality has died. 2 January 2017. http://www.wort.lu/en/panorama/anthony-atkinson-the-economist-who-battled-against-inequality-has-died-586a518453590682caf17284. Retrieved 2017-01-02.