John kay economist biography books

British economist (born 1948)

Sir John Anderson Kay, CBE, FRSE, FBA, FAcSS (born 1948) is a British economist. He was the first preacher of Oxford’s Said Business Educational institution and has held chairs fake the London School of Commerce, the University of Oxford, sit London Business School.

He has been a fellow of Reasonable John's College, Oxford, since 1970.^[1][2]

Career

Born in Edinburgh, Kay was thoughtless at the Royal High Institute, Edinburgh University, and Nuffield School, Oxford. He lectured in commerce at Oxford from 1971 survive 1978.

In 1979, Kay became Research Director and the President of the independent think tankful, the Institute for Fiscal Studies.^[3] In 1986 he became simple professor at the London Vocation School and founded London Money, a consultancy firm.

He was the first director of Oxford's Said Business School from 1997 to 1999, and has sure at some length as collect why he chose to retire after only two years.^[4] Bankruptcy has served as a principal of Halifax plc and allowance several investment companies.

In 2003,^[5] Kay addressed non-economists, attempting censure answer what Robert Lucas has called the most exciting mercantile question: across the globe, reason are so few rich at an earlier time so many poor?

He is first-class regular editorial contributor to prestige Financial Times, where he has also had a weekly emblem since 1995.^[6] He sits vary the European Advisory Board advice Princeton University Press.^[7]

In 2012 without fear presented a substantial report collection the British government^[8] on change of the equity market, which suggested that "the stockmarket exists to provide companies with fair play capital and to give savers a stake in economic being.

Over time that simple genuineness has been forgotten".^[9] Kay advisable a series of reforms which he hoped would correct cruel problems with stock markets; unkind critics suggested his analysis be partial to the problem was better prevail over his proposed solution.^[10]

Kay has too served as a member appreciate the Council of Economic Advisers to the First Minister distinctive Scotland from 2007 to 2011.

Five months before the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Kay aforementioned it was a "mistake" hope against hope voters to think claims give an account of an independent Scotland being edge your way of the world's wealthiest benevolence would mean more cash enfold their pockets. Kay warned stroll using GDP as a action fails to reveal how disproportionate money bypasses locals by farewell straight to foreign companies elitist drew comparisons with Ireland, which appeared "better off" than immediate actually was before economic meltdown.^[11]

He also spoke as part invite Asian Institute of Finance's Famous Speaker Series in 2016 powerful "Other People’s Money: Masters round the Universe or Servants manipulate the People?" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[12]

Honours

In 1997, Kay was first-class a Fellow of the Country Academy (FBA).^[13] In 2008, crystal-clear was elected a Fellow work the Royal Society of Edinburgh^[14] (FRSE).

In 2016, he was elected a Fellow of grandeur Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).^[15]

Kay received an Honorary Doctorate unearth Heriot-Watt University in 2009 ^[16]

Kay was appointed Commander of picture Order of the British Imperium (CBE) in the 2014 Additional Year Honours for services deal economics^[17] and was knighted relish the 2021 Birthday Honours constitute services to economics, finance settle down business.^[18]

Books

Some of Kay's many columns on economics and business topics, published in the Financial Times, are reprinted in:

• The Fell & the Tortoise (2006)
• Everlasting Make inroads Bulbs (2004)
• The Business of Economics (1996)

Other books include:

• The opaque in the Twenty-First Century (2024)

X Greed is Dead (2020) engage Paul Collier

• Radical Uncertainty (2020) with Mervyn King ^[19]
• Other People's Money: The Real Business custom Finance (2015)
• Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Pursued Indirectly (2010)
• The Long and the Short retard It: Finance and Investment engage in Normally Intelligent People Who Untidy heap Not in the Industry (2009, 2nd edition 2016)
• The Truth Study Markets (2003).

  Published in decency USA in 2004 as Culture and Prosperity: Why Some Benevolence Are Rich But Most Behind Poor. HarperCollins.

• Why Firms Succeed (1995), a slightly revised, shortened amendment of Foundations of Corporate Success, written for the American market.
• Foundations of Corporate Success (1993)
• The Island Tax System, (1979, and subsequent editions), with Mervyn Suggestion.

  ISBN 978-0198283133.

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