15 Facts About Richard Stone

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Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone was an eminent British economist.

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Richard Stone was educated at Gonville and Caius College and King's College at the University of Cambridge.

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Richard Stone was born in London on 30 August 1913.

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Richard Stone received an English upper middle class education when he was a child as he attended Cliveden Place and Westminster School.

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Richard Stone was interested in economics as he thought that "if there were more economists, the world would be a better place".

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Richard Stone faced a challenge from his parents as they were disappointed to his choice.

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However, Stone was very enthusiastic to be an economist and then enjoyed his time studying economics.

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Richard Stone left working for the government when the war ended in 1945.

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Richard Stone himself had many projects in DAE: national accounting where he had employed Agatha Chapman as a research associate, the analysis of consumer demand, and the system of socio-demographic account.

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Richard Stone was succeeded as leader of the Cambridge Growth Project by Terry Barker.

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In 1970, Richard Stone was appointed as the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Economics and Politics for the next two years.

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Richard Stone continues to develop MDM and to use the model to make economic forecasts.

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Richard Stone stated that it was one of the first works in economics to examine various sectors on such a global level and how they are all interconnected.

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Richard Stone died on 6 December 1991 in Cambridge, aged 78.

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Richard Stone was survived by his third wife Giovanna, and his daughter Caroline.