RIP Sir Tony Atkinson
Nathalie Chusseau
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Nathalie Chusseau
Full Professor in Economics at Lille University and External Lecturer at Sciences Po Lille
Sir Anthony (“Tony”) Atkinson passed away on January 1, 2017. Atkinson has been one of the leading international specialists measuring and analysing income inequality and poverty. In his last major work, Inequality: What Can Be Done? (2015), Atkinson presented 15 proposals to curb income and wealth inequality in developed nations. RIP.
Professeure des Universités- Responsable Master Economie de la santé, Université de Lille. élue membre du CA de l'Université de Lille.
8 年Tony Atkinson was not only a major figure of public economics, he was also a philosopher in the tradition of political economics. his lifelong work was focused on inequality and poverty measurements and the designing of coherent ways to fight them. He was not only a brillant economist but also a gentleman, a very kind person with humour and without ego; someone with empathy. I remember him as a member of my Phd Thesis jury; he was then defending participating income. I am grateful to have crossed his path. As Thomas Piketty said " we will miss him deeply".