One of the icons of international economics, John Williamson, passed away in April of this year. I had the honour of being invited by the family to say a few words about John as a colleague at his Memorial on Sunday, 7 November at "Hemlock Grove", Woodend, Audubon Naturalist Society, where John volunteered (he was a very keen birdwatcher). The following is what I said.
In an age in which fundamentalism no longer slips between the shadows, but openly stalks the pastures of thought, and even the ramparts of Capitol Hill, John Williamson could be counted on to be the grown-up in the room.
He was seldom ‘black or white’ in his thinking. He revelled in the grey. In the nuance. He was neither ‘Dirigiste’ nor ‘Laissez-Faire’; neither fixed nor floating; neither full nor anti capital mobility. He made the case for the intermediate, to paraphrase one of his papers (Williamson ). His was a Golden Mean; between two vices or two corners if you may.1
He did not set out to arrive at balance, for the sake of balance. He was more considered than that. He got there in active pursuit of the right solution to the right problem given the time and place. He was the consummate problem-solver an
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Who Is Barack Obama?
Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the first Black commander-in-chief. He served two terms, from until The son of parents from Kenya and Kansas, Obama was born and raised in Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. After serving on the Illinois State Senate, he was elected a U.S. senator representing Illinois in In , Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He and his wife, Michelle Obama, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
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FULL NAME: Barack Hussein Obama II
BORN: August 4,
BIRTHPLACE: Honolulu, Hawaii
SPOUSE: Michelle Obama (present)
CHILDREN: Malia and Sasha
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Leo
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Obama’s Parents
Obama’s father, Barack Obama Sr., was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Obama Sr. grew up herding goats in Africa and eventually earned a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and pursue
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Barack Obama undoubtedly possesses one of the most complicated &#; and fascinating &#; backgrounds of any former president of the United States.
Born to a father he hardly knew and to a mother he almost never saw, Obama&#;s path to the White House is one of the most remarkable and unlikely of any I&#;ve seen. And yet, in hindsight, his political ascent makes almost perfect sense.
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AKA John Harold Williamson
Born:7-Jun
Birthplace: Hereford, England
Died:Apr
Location of death:Chevy Chase, MD
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation:Economist
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Washington Consensus
Military service: RAF ()
Father: Alfred Henry Williamson ("Harry")
Mother: Eileen Heap
Wife: Denise de Souza (m. Mar, until his death, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Andre Williamson (b. )
Son: Daniel Williamson (b. )
Daughter: Theresa Williamson (b. )
High School: Hereford High School for Boys, Hereford, England
University: BSc, London School of Economics ()
University: PhD Economics, Princeton University ()
Professor: University of York ()
Professor: University of Warwick ()
World Bank Chief Economist for South Asia
American Economic Association
Institute for International Economics
Royal Economic Society
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