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RIP Sir Tony Atkinson
1st January 2017
The start of 2017 has brought very sad news as we learn of the passing of Professor Tony Atkinson, one of Britain's best economists.
Professor Atkinson's life-long academic focus has been on the causes and consequences of income and wealth inequality and then in shaping practical policy ideas and strategies to promote more inclusive economic growth. He truly has been a giant in helping analyse and assess how society is performing. We need more economists prepared to challenge orthodoxy - Atkinson was a giant in this respect and he will be sorely missed.
This is a strongly recommended read:
The 15 Proposals from Tony Atkinson’s ‘Inequality – What can be done?’
Some of his recent work on inequality can be found here
If we are concerned about equality of opportunity tomorrow, we need concern about inequality of outcome todayhttps://t.co/2nE5vqPezD pic.twitter.com/zeD2aoWJ1r
— Tutor2u Geoff (FRSA) (@tutor2uGeoff) January 1, 2017
RIP Tony Atkinson -- pioneer in inequality research, founder of LIS, and a wonderful person. A tragic loss. https://t.co/uuj1DPssjS
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 1, 2017
Huge loss for economics & especially for econ of inequality, as Tony Atkinson, one of the all-time greats, passes.https://t.co/qPgSr1oGE6
— Branko Milanovic (@BrankoMilan) January 1, 2017
In this superb talk at the RSA in June 2015, Professor Atkinson set out concrete policy proposals that could bring about a genuine shift in the distribution of income towards less inequality.
Only in November 2016 did he launch (to much acclaim) a major World Bank report on poverty.
Tony Atkinson’s World Bank Commission report on measuring global poverty launched @oxmartinschool
— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) November 24, 2016
Video + coverage https://t.co/8kmpCcYmjm
Further reactions to the news of the passing of Sir Tony Atkinson is being curated here
For more than 50 years Sir Tony Atkinson battled for #economics to take #poverty and #inequality seriously, https://t.co/ZSR9H7I6pe
— Phil Hay (@PhillipJHay) January 2, 2017
RIP Tony Atkinson From Poverty to Power -Here he is on our personal responsibility for reducing inequality #SDOH https://t.co/h5qECIRhLf
— Equity & Health (@equitylist) January 2, 2017
Remembering Tony Atkinson as the architect of modern public economicshttps://t.co/rsVUBdFu38
— Beatrice Cherrier (@Undercoverhist) January 2, 2017
Very sad to hear that T Atkinson died. An enormously influential economist and a great person. Best scholar of inequality for decades.
— Ricardo FuentesNieva (@rivefuentes) January 1, 2017
RIP Sir Tony Atkinson, a great economist who combined a mastery of theory with a deep commitment to empirical work & policy issues. 1/2
— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) January 1, 2017
A lifetime's work studying #inequality @UniofOxford Tony #Atkinson's 15 policy recommendations to reduce inequality https://t.co/2bGinGjfH7 https://t.co/TRLDRrtrz7
— Linda Yueh (@lindayueh) January 1, 2017
I'm sorry to hear of sad loss of Tony Atkinson whose advice on how to tackle inequality I valued immensely. A brilliant economist & good man
— John McDonnell (@johnmcdonnellMP) January 1, 2017
Professor Sir Tony Atkinson RIP pic.twitter.com/rquo9RaZex
— College Economists (@econccf) January 2, 2017
RIP, with admiration, Tony Atkinson. Bob Solow & @paulkrugman discuss "Inequality: What Can be Done" @RussellSageFdn https://t.co/g0kbDysbSd
— Janet Gornick (@JanetGornick) January 2, 2017
Sad to hear of the death of @RoyalStatSoc Honorary Fellow Tony Atkinson - a giant on inequality data https://t.co/8aedjthSSP
— Hetan Shah (@HetanShah) January 1, 2017
Farewell to Tony Atkinson, past STICERD's director, a giant of economics and a model for us all.
— STICERD (@STICERD_LSE) January 1, 2017
Very sorry to hear of the death of Tony Atkinson. I talked to him about inequality in 2015 https://t.co/fMmQIOyEul
— Jonathan Derbyshire (@Jderbyshire) January 1, 2017
'Before Piketty there was Atkinson' @BenChu_ reminds us https://t.co/WMPzyidfQh
— Hetan Shah (@HetanShah) January 1, 2017
If we are concerned about equality of opportunity tomorrow, we need to be concerned about inequality of outcome today" - Tony Atkinson
Economist Sir Tony Atkinson launches World Bank report on poverty https://t.co/35Z8m8DGSk pic.twitter.com/qjeVdz9IJT
— University of Oxford (@UniofOxford) November 8, 2016
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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