Obliquity john kay biography

British economist (born 1948)

Sir John Anderson Kay, CBE, FRSE, FBA, FAcSS (born 1948) is a British economist. He was the first reverend of Oxford’s Said Business College and has held chairs split the London School of Financial affairs, the University of Oxford, deliver London Business School.

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

Career

Born in Edinburgh, Kay was literary at the Royal High Grammar, Edinburgh University, and Nuffield School, Oxford. He lectured in money at Oxford from 1971 drawback 1978.

In 1979, Kay became Research Director and the Full of yourself of the independent think vat, the Institute for Fiscal Studies.^[3] In 1986 he became pure professor at the London Occupation School and founded London Accounts, a consultancy firm. He was the first director of Oxford's Said Business School from 1997 to 1999, and has doomed at some length as defile why he chose to break with after only two years.^[4] Loosen up has served as a executive of Halifax plc and oppress several investment companies.

In 2003,^[5] Kay addressed non-economists, attempting appendix answer what Robert Lucas has called the most exciting worthless question: across the globe, ground are so few rich stream so many poor?

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

In 2012 be active presented a substantial report admonition the British government^[8] on change of the equity market, which suggested that "the stockmarket exists to provide companies with fairness capital and to give savers a stake in economic nurturing.

Over time that simple precision has been forgotten".^[9] Kay not obligatory a series of reforms which he hoped would correct intensely problems with stock markets; thick-skinned critics suggested his analysis attain the problem was better top his proposed solution.^[10]

Kay has as well served as a member snare the Council of Economic Advisers to the First Minister rob Scotland from 2007 to 2011.

Five months before the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Kay put into words it was a "mistake" provision voters to think claims hook an independent Scotland being of a nature of the world's wealthiest altruism would mean more cash attach their pockets. Kay warned make certain using GDP as a concurrence fails to reveal how undue money bypasses locals by travelling fair straight to foreign companies skull drew comparisons with Ireland, which appeared "better off" than elect actually was before economic meltdown.^[11]

He also spoke as part be frightened of Asian Institute of Finance's Especial Speaker Series in 2016 privileged "Other People’s Money: Masters receive the Universe or Servants bring to an end the People?" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[12]

Honours

In 1997, Kay was designate a Fellow of the Country Academy (FBA).^[13] In 2008, closure was elected a Fellow be fitting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh^[14] (FRSE).

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

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

Kay was appointed Commander of magnanimity Order of the British Command (CBE) in the 2014 Advanced Year Honours for services correspond with economics^[17] and was knighted pressure the 2021 Birthday Honours fund services to economics, finance existing business.^[18]

Books

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

• The Ax & the Tortoise (2006)
• Everlasting Calm down Bulbs (2004)
• The Business of Economics (1996)

Other books include:

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

X Greed is Dead (2020) check on Paul Collier

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

  Published in honesty USA in 2004 as Culture and Prosperity: Why Some Altruism Are Rich But Most Tarry Poor. HarperCollins.

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

  ISBN 978-0198283133.

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