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

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. He was also Research Director of the

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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

Nick Denton Nicholas Guido Anthony Denton (born 24 August 1966) is a British Internet entrepreneur, journalist, and blogger. He is the founder and former proprietor of the blog collective Gawker Media, and he was the managing editor of the New York City� ...

. 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''. Hi ...

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 E ...

, 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

References

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