Tag: Professor Angus Deaton

• Wednesday, May 11th 2016 - 12:29 UTC

  Prominent economists call for global tax transparency arguing poor countries are the biggest losers

  

  New global rules forcing companies to report taxable activities country-by-country publicly have been called for by a group of 300 prominent economists. In a letter to world leaders, the group urges the UK to “take a lead” in the push for more tax transparency and argues that poor countries are the biggest losers from tax havens.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2015 - 07:48 UTC

  Economics Nobel for Scottish born Angus Deaton: understanding consumption great and small

  

  The 2015 Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to Scottish-born economist Professor Angus Deaton, 69, who is currently professor of economics and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, in New Jersey.