Michael James Shanks (12 April 1927, London – 13 January 1984, London) was a British economic journalist. Throughout the 1950s, Shanks was a writer and editor at the ''

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'', and in 1964/5 he became the economic correspondent with the ''

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''. His Penguin Special book ''The Stagnant Society'' (1961) sold 60,000 copies.

Books

* ''The Stagnant Society''. Harmondsworth 1961

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1927 births 1984 deaths Treasurers of the Fabian Society 20th-century British journalists {{UK-journalist-stub