Susan K. Howson | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 21, 1945 |
| Nationality | British |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economics,Economic history,History of economic thought |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
Susan Kyle Howson (born October 21,1945) [1] is a British economist,currently professor emeritus of economics at the University of Toronto in Canada. [2]
Born in London,Howson received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Cambridge in 1975,as well as a B.A./M.Sc. from the London School of Economics in 1967/1969. After graduating,she worked as a research economist in the International Division of the Bank of England. [3]
She is a scholar of macroeconomics and economic history,having written numerous articles and books on the topics. She is the author of a biography of the economist Lionel Robbins,as well as a four-volume series on the collected works of James Meade. [4] She is the recipient of the T.S. Ashton Prize from the Economic History Society (1973) and the Connaught Senior Research Fellowships in the Social Sciences (2004,2007). [2] In 2019,she was named a distinguished fellow of the History of Economics Society. [5]
Howson is an emeritus professor of economics at the University of Toronto and a fellow of Trinity College Toronto,Canada. [6]
