RIP Sir Tony Atkinson

If we are concerned about equality of opportunity tomorrow, we need concern about inequality of outcome todayhttps://t.co/2nE5vqPezD pic.twitter.com/zeD2aoWJ1r

— Tutor2u Geoff (FRSA) (@tutor2uGeoff) January 1, 2017

RIP Tony Atkinson -- pioneer in inequality research, founder of LIS, and a wonderful person. A tragic loss. https://t.co/uuj1DPssjS

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 1, 2017

Huge loss for economics & especially for econ of inequality, as Tony Atkinson, one of the all-time greats, passes.https://t.co/qPgSr1oGE6

— Branko Milanovic (@BrankoMilan) January 1, 2017

Tony Atkinson’s World Bank Commission report on measuring global poverty launched @oxmartinschool
Video + coverage https://t.co/8kmpCcYmjm

— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) November 24, 2016

For more than 50 years Sir Tony Atkinson battled for #economics to take #poverty and #inequality seriously, https://t.co/ZSR9H7I6pe

— Phil Hay (@PhillipJHay) January 2, 2017

RIP Tony Atkinson From Poverty to Power -Here he is on our personal responsibility for reducing inequality #SDOH https://t.co/h5qECIRhLf

— Equity & Health (@equitylist) January 2, 2017

Remembering Tony Atkinson as the architect of modern public economicshttps://t.co/rsVUBdFu38

— Beatrice Cherrier (@Undercoverhist) January 2, 2017

Very sad to hear that T Atkinson died. An enormously influential economist and a great person. Best scholar of inequality for decades.

— Ricardo FuentesNieva (@rivefuentes) January 1, 2017

RIP Sir Tony Atkinson, a great economist who combined a mastery of theory with a deep commitment to empirical work & policy issues. 1/2

— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) January 1, 2017

A lifetime's work studying #inequality @UniofOxford Tony #Atkinson's 15 policy recommendations to reduce inequality https://t.co/2bGinGjfH7 https://t.co/TRLDRrtrz7

— Linda Yueh (@lindayueh) January 1, 2017

I'm sorry to hear of sad loss of Tony Atkinson whose advice on how to tackle inequality I valued immensely. A brilliant economist & good man

— John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) January 1, 2017

Professor Sir Tony Atkinson RIP pic.twitter.com/rquo9RaZex

— College Economists (@econccf) January 2, 2017

So sad to hear that Sir Tony Atkinson passed away. Such a loss to inequality scholarship, the social sciences, and humanity.

— Kim Weeden (@WeedenKim) January 1, 2017

RIP, with admiration, Tony Atkinson. Bob Solow & @paulkrugman discuss "Inequality: What Can be Done" @RussellSageFdn https://t.co/g0kbDysbSd

— Janet Gornick (@JanetGornick) January 2, 2017

Sad to hear of the death of @RoyalStatSoc Honorary Fellow Tony Atkinson - a giant on inequality data https://t.co/8aedjthSSP

— Hetan Shah (@HetanShah) January 1, 2017

Farewell to Tony Atkinson, past STICERD's director, a giant of economics and a model for us all.

— STICERD (@STICERD_LSE) January 1, 2017

Very sorry to hear of the death of Tony Atkinson. I talked to him about inequality in 2015 https://t.co/fMmQIOyEul

— Jonathan Derbyshire (@Jderbyshire) January 1, 2017

Tony Atkinson RIP. Among many achievements, huge contribution to improving quality of data on income & wealth. https://t.co/YyIX6Hnl6U

— Declan Gaffney (@djmgaffneyw4) January 1, 2017

'Before Piketty there was Atkinson' @BenChu_ reminds us https://t.co/WMPzyidfQh

— Hetan Shah (@HetanShah) January 1, 2017

V sad news that Tony Atkinson has died. He was a brilliant egalitarian economist, on whose academic shoulders many others have stood.

— Nick Pearce, IPR (@IPR_NickP) January 1, 2017

Economist Sir Tony Atkinson launches World Bank report on poverty https://t.co/35Z8m8DGSk pic.twitter.com/qjeVdz9IJT

— University of Oxford (@UniofOxford) November 8, 2016

Seconded. Atkinson & Stiglitz 1st real economics book I read when I started at Treasury in 1987 - still a classic. https://t.co/djWPip0iXL

— Jonathan Portes (@jdportes) January 1, 2017