Arthur Pigou

A 20th-century English economist. He was noted for his contributions to welfare economics (the use of microeconomic data to measure the health of an economy) and externalities (the costs or benefits of a transaction to parties who do not directly participate in it). He lived from 1877 to 1959. See also: Pigouvian taxes.

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