Geoffrey R. Denton (born 1931) is a British economist. He served as Director of

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, and formerly as Reader in Economics at the

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(from 1967) and Professor and head of economics at the

College of Europe The College of Europe (french: Collège d'Europe) is a post-graduate institute of European studies with its main campus in Bruges, Belgium and a second campus in Warsaw, Poland. The College of Europe in Bruges was founded in 1949 by leading ...

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. He was also Research Director of the Federal Trust for Education and Research from 1973 and Special Adviser to the

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European Communities Committee. He was married to a Hungarian refugee who was a student of his in the 1960s. They were the parents of

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. He worked for the

Political and Economic Planning Political and Economic Planning (PEP) was a British policy think tank, formed in 1931 in response to Max Nicholson's article ''A National Plan for Britain'' published in February of that year in Gerald Barry's magazine ''The Week-End Review''. His ...

think tank 1955-1959 and was a member of its Executive Committee 1967-1973.

Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden (born Erich Roll; 1 December 1907 – 30 March 2005) was a British academic economist, public servant and banker. He was made a life peer in 1977. Biography Roll was born in Nowosielitza, Austro-Hungarian Em ...

, John Pinder, ''Fifty years of Political & Economic Planning: looking forward, 1931-1981'', University of California, 1981 Upon his resignation from the College of Europe, he was made an honorary member of the student association.

Works

*''Devolution or federalism?: options for a United Kingdom'', with Sir Bernard Burrows, 1980 *''Federal solutions to European issues'', with Sir Bernard Burrows and Geoffrey Edwards, 1978 *''Trade effects of public subsidies to private enterprise'', with Seamus O'Cleireacain and Sally Ash, 1975 *''Economic and monetary union in Europe'', 1974 *''Subsidy issues in international commerce'', with Seamus O'Cleireacain, 1972 *''A new economic mechanism?: economic reform in Hungary'', 1971 *''Economic reform in Yugoslavia: I. Plans and markets in Yugoslavia'', with Thomas Wilson, 1968 *''Economic planning and policies in Britain, France and Germany'', with Murray Greensmith Forsyth and Malcolm Cameron MacLennan, 1968

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1931 births British economists Academic staff of the College of Europe Living people {{UK-economist-stub