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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Cambridge, 1974; B.A. in Economics, University of Cambridge, 1967.

Research Interests: Health, wellbeing, and economic inequality, with a focus on poverty measurement and global development.

Appointments: Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Emeritus, Princeton University.

Awards: Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2015), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016).

Publications: Author of The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality (Princeton University Press, 2013).

Additional Contributions: Past president of the American Economic Association; influential in shaping global poverty metrics.