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Angus Deaton

Born

in Edinburgh, The United Kingdom

October 19, 1945

Website

http://scholar.princeton.edu/deaton

Genre

Economics

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Angus Stewart Deaton is a British and American economist. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 4,815 ratings · 606 reviews · 42 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality 3.82 avg rating — 2,361 ratings — published 2013 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality 3.81 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Economics and Consumer Behavior 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1980 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Understanding Consumption (Clarendon Lectures in Economics) 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1992 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality (Princeton Classics, 136) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living Standards Survey and Price Policy Reform: A Study of Cocoa and Coffee Production in Cote D'Ivoire (Lsms Working Papers, 44) by Angus Deaton, Dwayne Benjamin 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Models and Projections of Demand in Post-War Britain (Cambridge Studies in Applied Econometrics, 1) 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Essays on a Sri Lanka Household Survey (Lsms Working Papers, 11) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays in the Theory and Measurement of Consumer Behaviour: In Honour of Sir Richard Stone did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1981 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The allocation of goods within the household: Adults, children, and gender did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If poverty is not a result of lack of resources or opportunities, but of poor institutions, poor government, and toxic politics, giving money to poor countries—particularly giving money to the governments of poor countries—is likely to perpetuate and prolong poverty, not eliminate it. The”
― Angus Deaton, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

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“To worry about these consequences of extreme inequality has nothing to do with being envious of the rich and everything to with the fear that rapidly growing top incomes are a threat to the wellbeing of everyone else.”
― Angus Deaton, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

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“Averages are no consolation to those who have been left behind.”
― Angus Deaton, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

tags: economic-development, economic-growth, inequality, progress

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