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Tony Atkinson on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy: The Work and Life of a Great Economist

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  • Anthony Barnes Atkinson

    (Nuffield College, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 1NF, United Kingdom)

  • Nicholas Stern

    (Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom)

Abstract

We are very sad to report that Professor Sir Tony Atkinson died on the first of January, 2017, at the age of 72. Tony Atkinson was an extraordinarily distinguished academic whose works changed our understanding of poverty, inequality, mobility, public policy, and economic growth. His publications, from his first book in 1969 to his last in 2015, showed how he approached his work throughout his career: define the issues, examine the facts, analyze what forces shaped the outcomes, and ask what we can or should do in the way of policy. His longtime friend, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, interviewed Sir Tony about his life and work on August 17, 2016, in Oxford.

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  • Anthony Barnes Atkinson & Nicholas Stern, 2017. "Tony Atkinson on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy: The Work and Life of a Great Economist," Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 9(1), pages 1-20, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:anr:reveco:v:9:y:2017:p:1-20
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-110216-100949
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    1. Stern, Nicholas, 2018. "Public economics as if time matters: Climate change and the dynamics of policy," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 4-17.
    2. Muhammad Salar Khan & Abu Bakkar Siddique, 2021. "Spatial Analysis of Regional and Income Inequality in the United States," Economies, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-21, October.

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