Susan Kyle Howson (born October 21, 1945)[1] is a British economist, currently professor emeritus of economics at the University of Toronto in Canada.[2]
Susan K. Howson | |
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Born | October 21, 1945 |
Nationality | British |
Academic career | |
Institution | University of Toronto |
Field | Economics, Economic history, History of economic thought |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Born in London, Howson received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Cambridge in 1975, as well as a B.A./M.Sc. from the London School of Economics in 1967/1969. After graduating, she worked as a research economist in the International Division of the Bank of England.[3]
She is a scholar of macroeconomics and economic history, having written numerous articles and books on the topics. She is the author of a biography of the economist Lionel Robbins, as well as a four-volume series on the collected works of James Meade.[4] She is the recipient of the T.S. Ashton Prize from the Economic History Society (1973) and the Connaught Senior Research Fellowships in the Social Sciences (2004, 2007).[2] In 2019, she was named a distinguished fellow of the History of Economics Society.[5]
Howson is an emeritus professor of economics at the University of Toronto and a fellow of Trinity College Toronto, Canada.[6]