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Who are Britain's most influential public intellectuals?
Here is one list, from Prospect magazine. Here is some discussion. Economists include John Kay, Samuel Brittan, Martin Wolf, Adair Turner, Robert Skidelsky, Amartya Sen, and Richard Layard. You have a chance to vote for the top five of the one hundred. Here is a Richard Posner list of public intellectuals, not restricted to the UK. Here is a related review of Posner.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on June 24, 2004 at 04:35 AM in Data Source | Permalink
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