Susan Kyle Howson (born October 21, 1945) is a British economist, currently professor emeritus of economics at the

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. Born in London, Howson received her

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in economics from the

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in 1975, as well as a B.A./M.Sc. from the

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in 1967/1969. After graduating, she worked as a research economist in the International Division of the

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. She is a scholar of

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and

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, having written numerous articles and books on the topics. She is the author of a biography of the economist

Lionel Robbins Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron Robbins, (22 November 1898 – 15 May 1984) was a British economist, and prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics (LSE). He is known for his leadership at LSE, his proposed de ...

, as well as a four-volume series on the collected works of

James Meade James Edward Meade FBA (23 June 1907 – 22 December 1995) was a British economist who made major contributions to the theory of international trade and welfare economics. Along with Richard Kahn, James Meade helped develop the concept of ...

. She is the recipient of the T.S. Ashton Prize from the

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(1973) and the Connaught Senior Research Fellowships in the Social Sciences (2004, 2007). In 2019, she was named a distinguished fellow of the

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. Howson is an emeritus professor of economics at the

and a fellow of Trinity College Toronto,

Publications

* Susan Howson, ''Lionel Robbins'',

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, Cambridge and New York, 2011. * Susan Howson and

Donald Winch Donald Norman Winch, (15 April 1935 – 12 June 2017) was a British economist and academic. He was Professor of the History of Economics at the University of Sussex from 1969 to 2000, and its Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Arts and Social Studies) from 1 ...

, ''The Economic Advisory Council 1930-1939: A study in economic advice during depression and recovery'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008. * Susan Howson, ''The Collected Papers of James Meade'',

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, 2004. * Susan Howson, "Money and Monetary Policy since 1945", in ''The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain, Vol. III Structural Change and Growth'' (edited by R. Floud and P. Johnson), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004, pp. 136–166. * Susan Howson, ''Economic Science and Political Economy: Selected Articles of Lionel Robbins'', Macmillan, London, 1997. * Susan Howson, ''British Monetary Policy 1945-51'', Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. * Susan Howson and Donald Moggridge (eds.), ''The Wartime Diaries of Lionel Robbins and James Meade 1943-45'', Macmillan, London, 1990. * Susan Howson, ''Domestic Monetary Management in Britain, 1919-38'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1975.

References

External links

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