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RIP Kenneth Arrow

Geoff Riley

22nd February 2017

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A true giant in the world of economics has passed away. Generations of economists have developed their craft drawing on many of the insights and ideas that Kenneth Arrow helped formulate and led to him winning the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1972 at the tender age 51.

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Kenneth Arrow has died. He was one of the greatest social scientists of the last century. Incisive, brilliant, charming & gracious.
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) February 22, 2017

Kenneth Arrow, who in 1972 became the youngest Nobel prize winner in economics, died Feb. 21. Read his profile: https://t.co/umJhl3YMKq pic.twitter.com/ovfK4j3bm4
— IMF (@IMFNews) February 22, 2017

A beautiful mind: Kenneth Arrow, Nobel laureate and seminal economist with wide impact, dies at 95 https://t.co/BqaxtPi9zV
— Steven Pinker (@sapinker) February 22, 2017

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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