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Angus Deaton

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Sir Angus Stewart Deaton (born 19 October 1945) is a British-American economist and academic. Deaton is currently a Senior Scholar and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University. His research focuses primarily on poverty, inequality, health, wellbeing, and economic development. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Angus Deaton is the 156th most popular economist (down from 135th in 2019), the 1,412th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,139th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Angus Deaton ranks 156 out of 414. Before him are Silvio Gesell, Christopher A. Pissarides, Jacques Attali, Robert F. Engle, Christopher A. Sims, and Roger Myerson. After him are Eric Maskin, Vernon L. Smith, Daniel McFadden, Richard Cantillon, Greg Mankiw, and Hans-Hermann Hoppe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Angus Deaton ranks 149. Before him are Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, John Garang, Brenda Fricker, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, and Wim Suurbier. After him are Luis Ocaña, Franco Battiato, Wolfgang Schüssel, Ernie Hudson, Phil Jackson, and Mustafa Balel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Angus Deaton ranks 1,412 out of 8,785. Before him are Bill Shankly (1913), Liam Payne (1993), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), Richard Lovelace (1617), Jeremy Brett (1933), and John Brunner (1934). After him are Alexander I of Scotland (1078), Zayn Malik (1993), Alan Moore (1953), Julia Ormond (1965), John McLaughlin (1942), and Lord Alfred Douglas (1870).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Angus Deaton ranks 24. Before him are Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), Thomas Mun (1571), James Mirrlees (1936), James Mill (1773), Clive Granger (1934), and Tony Atkinson (1944). After him are Harriet Martineau (1802), Henry Sidgwick (1838), Oliver Hart (1948), Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), and Joan Robinson (1903).

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