This article is about a British economist. For the American economist, see David R. Henderson.
Patrick David HendersonCMG (10 April 1927[1][2] – 30 September 2018) was a British economist. He was the chief economist at the Economics and Statistics Department at the OECD during 1984–1992.[3] Before that he worked as an academic economist in Britain, first at Oxford (Fellow of Lincoln College) and later at University College London (Professor of Economics, 1975–1983); as a British civil servant (first as an Economic Advisor in HM Treasury, and later as Chief Economist in the Ministry of Aviation); and as a staff member of the World Bank (1969–1975). In 1985 he gave the BBCReith Lectures,[4] which were published in the book Innocence and Design: The Influence of Economic Ideas on Policy (Blackwell, 1986).
Henderson and Nigel Lawson appealed to then-Prime Minister Tony Blair to investigate the economic implications of the potential implementation of policies put forth by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) findings.
Henderson and Ian Castles, a former head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics argued that the IPCC's projections of future emissions of greenhouse gases was flawed.[3] The IPCC's forecasts of global output were based on national GDP converted to dollars using market exchange rates. Henderson and Ian Castles were critical of the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that was published in 2000.[6][7]: 159–185 [7]: 415–435 The core of their critique was the use of market exchange rates (MER) for international comparison, in lieu of the theoretically favoured PPP exchange rate which corrects for differences in purchasing power.[8] The IPCC rebutted this criticism.[9][10][11][12][13] Castles and Henderson later acknowledged that they were mistaken that future greenhouse gas emissions had been significantly overestimated.[14]
He died on 30 September 2018 at the age of 91.[16]
Books (selected)edit
Henderson, David (2001). The Changing Fortunes of Economic Liberalism (IEA).
Henderson, David (2001). Misguided Virtue: False Notions of Corporate Social Responsibility (IEA).
Henderson, David (2001). Anti-Liberalism 2000 (IEA).
Henderson, David (2004). The Role of Business in the Modern World (IEA). [Gli Affari Sono Affari, Italian translation published in Milan: Istituto Bruno Leoni, 2009.] (Page 8 contains much of the above-quoted bibliographic information.)
"David Henderson—obituary", The Times, 5 November 2018
"David Henderson, head of economics at the OECD who criticised 'corporate responsibility' and UN climate change projections – obituary", The Daily Telegraph, 25 October 2018
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This article is about a British economist For the American economist see David R Henderson Patrick David Henderson CMG 10 April 1927 1 2 30 September 2018 was a British economist He was the chief economist at the Economics and Statistics Department at the OECD during 1984 1992 3 Before that he worked as an academic economist in Britain first at Oxford Fellow of Lincoln College and later at University College London Professor of Economics 1975 1983 as a British civil servant first as an Economic Advisor in HM Treasury and later as Chief Economist in the Ministry of Aviation and as a staff member of the World Bank 1969 1975 In 1985 he gave the BBC Reith Lectures 4 which were published in the book Innocence and Design The Influence of Economic Ideas on Policy Blackwell 1986 After leaving the OECD Henderson was an independent author and consultant and acted as Visiting Fellow or Professor at the OECD Development Centre Paris the Centre for European Policy Studies Brussels Monash University the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques the University of Melbourne the Royal Institute of International Affairs the New Zealand Business Roundtable the Melbourne Business School and Westminster Business School Subsequently he was a Fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs citation needed In 1992 Henderson was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George as a Companion CMG Henderson has published books that strongly criticize corporate social responsibility see Books below 5 Henderson and Nigel Lawson appealed to then Prime Minister Tony Blair to investigate the economic implications of the potential implementation of policies put forth by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC findings Henderson and Ian Castles a former head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics argued that the IPCC s projections of future emissions of greenhouse gases was flawed 3 The IPCC s forecasts of global output were based on national GDP converted to dollars using market exchange rates Henderson and Ian Castles were critical of the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios SRES report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC that was published in 2000 6 7 159 185 7 415 435 The core of their critique was the use of market exchange rates MER for international comparison in lieu of the theoretically favoured PPP exchange rate which corrects for differences in purchasing power 8 The IPCC rebutted this criticism 9 10 11 12 13 Castles and Henderson later acknowledged that they were mistaken that future greenhouse gas emissions had been significantly overestimated 14 Henderson has suggested about climate change that the science is not settled and he specifically criticized the Stern Review regarding the economics of global warming Relatedly in 2008 Nigel Lawson published the book An Appeal to Reason A Cool Look at Global Warming the dedication for the book says To David Henderson who first aroused my interest in all this The following year Lawson went on to found The Global Warming Policy Foundation a climate change denialist think tank whose Academic Advisory Council Henderson went on to chair 15 He was educated at Ellesmere College Shropshire He died on 30 September 2018 at the age of 91 16 Books selected editHenderson David 2001 The Changing Fortunes of Economic Liberalism IEA Henderson David 2001 Misguided Virtue False Notions of Corporate Social Responsibility IEA Henderson David 2001 Anti Liberalism 2000 IEA Henderson David 2004 The Role of Business in the Modern World IEA Gli Affari Sono Affari Italian translation published in Milan Istituto Bruno Leoni 2009 Page 8 contains much of the above quoted bibliographic information References edit Patrick David Henderson International Who s Who 1991 92 David Henderson economist 1927 2018 Financial Times 8 October 2018 a b Measuring Economies Garbage In Garbage Out The Economist 27 May 2004 retrieved 1 February 2016 Henderson David November 1985 Innocence and Design The Reith Lectures BBC Radio 4 Retrieved 25 September 2023 Henderson David 13 December 2010 Corporate irresponsibility Financial Post Letters to the IPCC archived from the original on 2008 07 19 a b Castles and Henderson 2003 Energy amp Environment 14 415 435 Nordhaus 2007 Energy Economics 29 349 372 Hot Potato the IPCC had better check its calculations The Economist 13 February 2003 retrieved 1 February 2016 Hot Potato Revisited a lack of progress report on the IPCC The Economist 6 November 2003 retrieved 1 February 2016 Gruebler et al 2004 Energy amp Environment 15 11 24 Holtsmark and Alfsen 2005 Climatic Change 68 11 19 Manne et al 2005 Climatic Change 71 1 8 Henderson on Castles Bishop Hill blog Retrieved 29 November 2015 Henderson David 21 June 2013 The more things change Nuclear Engineering International Retrieved 2 July 2013 David Henderson 1927 2018 OECD Further reading edit David Henderson obituary The Times 5 November 2018 David Henderson head of economics at the OECD who criticised corporate responsibility and UN climate change projections obituary The Daily Telegraph 25 October 2018 Len Shackleton 3 October 2018 In memoriam David Henderson Institute of Economic Affairs David Henderson 1927 2018 RIP Competitive Enterprise Institute 16 October 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Henderson economist amp oldid 1177035654, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
