Tony Atkinson and his Legacy

Rolf Aaberge; François Bourguignon; Andrea Brandolini; Francisco H.G. Ferreira; Janet C. Gornick; John Hills; Markus Jäntti; Stephen P. Jenkins; Eric Marlier; John Micklewright; Brian Nolan; Thomas Piketty; Walter J. Radermacher; Timothy M. Smeeding; Nicholas H. Stern; Joseph Stiglitz; Holly Sutherland

doi:10.1111/roiw.12335

Tony Atkinson and his Legacy

Rolf Aaberge, François Bourguignon, Andrea Brandolini, Francisco H.G. Ferreira, Janet C. Gornick, John Hills, Markus Jäntti, Stephen P. Jenkins, Eric Marlier, John Micklewright, Brian Nolan, Thomas Piketty, Walter J. Radermacher, Timothy M. Smeeding, Nicholas H. Stern, Joseph Stiglitz, Holly Sutherland

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Tony Atkinson is universally celebrated for his outstanding contributions to the measurement and analysis of inequality, but he never saw the study of inequality as a separate branch of economics. He was an economist in the classical sense, rejecting any sub-field labelling of his interests and expertise, and he made contributions right across economics. His death on 1 January 2017 deprived the world of both an intellectual giant and a deeply committed public servant in the broadest sense of the term. This collective tribute highlights the range, depth and importance of Tony's enormous legacy, the product of almost fifty years’ work.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	411-444
Number of pages	34
Journal	Review of Income and Wealth
Volume	63
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12335
State	Published - Sep 2017

Keywords

Anthony B. Atkinson
economic policy
economic theory
inequality
poverty
public economics

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Economics and Econometrics

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Aaberge, R., Bourguignon, F., Brandolini, A., Ferreira, F. H. G., Gornick, J. C., Hills, J., Jäntti, M., Jenkins, S. P., Marlier, E., Micklewright, J., Nolan, B., Piketty, T., Radermacher, W. J., Smeeding, T. M., Stern, N. H., Stiglitz, J., & Sutherland, H. (2017). Tony Atkinson and his Legacy. Review of Income and Wealth, 63(3), 411-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12335

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