Talk:Angus Maddison

message: I've added the basics for this author, who is cited in many reference sections of Wikipedia pages.  I've linked a few - can someone use a 'software robot' to add the rest?  
--GwydionM 21:33, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
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message: Would you two please explain what was the reason for your last change?  It seemed perfectly good to me.--GwydionM (talk) 17:19, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Maddison's work is highly controversial and his book The World Economy: Historical Statistics has been criticized in many circles.  Here are excerpts (in compressed format) from reviews by various scholars, beginning with one by Brian Haig (Australian National University); the last sentence of which is a withering assessment of Maddison's Australian statistics:
Expand to read excerpts of review of Maddison's book by Bryan Haig:
This article needs balance more than anything else.  A Wikipedia article or list should not be based on one idiosyncratic work.  Fowler&fowler«Talk» 17:00, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
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message: I assume that the graph is meant to say (and of course needs repair to correct it) "GDP" not "GPD" as it currently states? Is that correct? Stevenmitchell (talk) 12:45, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
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message: I've removed this entire section.  The original edit was anonymous.  Then a source was added, but it was the Daily Telegraph's opinion based on their interpretation of Maddison's data.
If Maddison really did say this, a direct quote should be found.  --GwydionM (talk) 09:19, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
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message: A quick google using distinguished "Angus Maddison" revealed all sorts of sources.  Even if you think him mistaken, it is a documented fact that majority opinion admires him.
"This lecture that the Development Centre hosts now for the fifth time has become a tradition. It is not only a tribute to the brilliant Professor Angus Maddison, it is also a great opportunity to discuss the defining challenges of our era. These provide food for thought and also have the potential to identify and develop better policies for better lives."  
"Those who study macroeconomics and economic growth and who use long-term data have anxiously awaited the arrival of The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective. This book, which provides data on GDP and population growth for the past millennium, enables quantification of long-term changes, and is therefore of exceptional interest; for research, it is a must.
"Elise S. Brezis, "Review of Angus Maddison The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective" Economic History Services, Nov 26, 2001." 
"OECD's Gurría mourns death of economist Angus Maddison...
"“The OECD family is very sad to lose one of its most brilliant members,” Mr. Gurría said. “Prof. Maddison served in this house during many years and left us some extraordinary works.” 
"ANGUS MADDISON, who died in 2010, was among the most influential of economic historians; his book on the world economy over the past 2,000 years is a classic."
"Angus Maddison, emeritus professor of economics at the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands, taught and inspired hundreds of students how to look more broadly at the phenomena of economic growth and development and to go beyond the confines of core textbooks."
--GwydionM (talk) 15:02, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
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