- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 1997
- Sections
- Economics and Economic History
- Website
- http://www.johnkay.com
John Kay is an economist whose career has spanned the academic world, business and public affairs. Currently, he is a visiting Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is a director of several public companies and contributes a weekly column to the Financial Times. He recently chaired the Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision-Making which reported to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in July 2012.
Current post
St John's College, Oxford Fellow
Past appointments
University of Oxford Professor of Management and Director of the Said Business School
1997 - 1999
London Business School University of London Professor of Economics
1986 - 1996
Institute for Fiscal Studies Director
1981 - 1986
Publications
The British Tax System
Published in 1978
Foundations of Corporate Success
Published in 1993
The Business of Economics
Published in 1996
The Truth about Markets
Published in 2003
The Long and the Short of it
Published in 2009
Obliquity Obliquity
Published in 2010
Other People's Money: Masters of the universe or servants of the people?
Published in 2015 Hardback, 2016 (Autumn) Paperback
Great Thinkers: John Kay FBA on G. L. S. Shackle FBA
10 Jun 2019 Professor Sir John Kay FBA and Lord Mervyn King of Lothbury FBA
John Kay FBA and the former head of the Bank of England, Lord Mervyn King FBA, explain why they’re reevaluating forgotten economist G.L.S. Shackle.
