John Kay (economist)

Sir John Anderson Kay, CBE, FRSE, FBA, FAcSS (born 1948) is a British economist.

In 2003,[5] Kay addressed non-economists, attempting to answer what Robert Lucas has called the most exciting economic question: across the globe, why are so few rich and so many poor?

Kay warned that using GDP as a measure fails to reveal how much money bypasses locals by going straight to foreign companies and drew comparisons with Ireland, which appeared "better off" than it actually was before economic meltdown.

[15] Kay received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2009 [16] Kay was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to economics[17] and was knighted in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to economics, finance and business.

[18] Some of Kay's many columns on economics and business topics, published in the Financial Times, are reprinted in: Other books include: