- G.D.N. Worswick
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G.D.N. Worswick (George David Norman Worswick or simply David Worswick) (1916–2001) was an Oxford economist specialising in understanding of the UK's economy from a Keynesian perspective.[1][2]
Whilst mathematically well trained, like Alfred Marshall, he became dubious about the use of mathematics in economics arguing against those who tried to avoid the difficult parts of economic problems by resorting to solvable simple equations.[1]
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Career
- Researcher Oxford University Institute of Statistics 1940-60;
- Fellow and Tutor in Economics, Magdalen College, Oxford 1945-65 (Emeritus)
- Senior Tutor 1955-57, Vice-President 1963-65;
- Director National Institute of Economic and Social Research 1965-82[1][2]
Awards and prestigious academic posts
FBA 1979; CBE 1981; President, Royal Economic Society 1982-84;[1]
Other sources
Obituary - Royal Economic Society Newsletter Issue no. 114 July 2001
Key publications[1]
- (1952)(with Peter Ady) The British Economy 1945-1950
- (1962)(with Peter Ady) The British Economy in the Nineteen-Fifties
- (1991) Unemployment: A Problem of Policy. Analysis of British Experience and Prospects. By G. D. N. Worswick. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press/National Institute of Economic and Social Research, ISBN 0 521 40034
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