Angus Deaton

The Scottish born son of a coal miner who became Princeton Professor of Economics, Public, and International Affairs, Sir Angus Deaton is the undisputed expert on poverty and inequality. In 2015 he received the Nobel Prize in Economics for his ‘analysis of consumption, poverty and welfare’. His insights into the lived realities of the ‘lower classes’ and the economic and social system leading to poverty have enriched the understanding of economic development and social policy, influencing policymakers and scholars around the world. Deaton’s interests span domestic and international issues and include health, happiness, development, poverty, inequality, and how to best collect and interpret evidence for policy, as evidenced by his books The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality (2013), Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism (with Anne Case, 2020), and, most recently, Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality (2023).