Tony made an unmatched contribution to the economics of
public policy, income distribution and social security but also to wider social
policy.
It was his idea to found two key programmes of work
within STICERD, one on taxation and income distribution, (TIDI), the other on
the economics of the welfare state, which attracted to STICERD two groups of
outstanding academics. They built bridges between two disciplines that had once
been shy, if not contemptuous, of one another. That now seems absurd but it was
Tony's genius to cut through such idiocy. He nurtured the open challenging atmosphere that makes STICERD such a
great place in which to work. It was an
honour to try to hand that on to later generations. We have lost not just a great man but a warm
and generous one too.
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