Donald MacDougall

For other people of the same name, see Don McDougall (disambiguation).

Sir George Donald Alastair MacDougall (born 26 October 1912 in Glasgow, Scotland; died 22 March 2004) was a Scottish economist and civil servant who held enormous influence over UK public policy during the 1960s. He headed the Government Economic Service and, between 1969 and 1973, acted as chief economic adviser to Chancellors of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins, Iain MacLeod and Anthony Barber.[1] He predicted in about 2000 that the euro currency could not work and that the EU Stability and Growth Pact would not be enforced.[2]

MacDougall was the son of a family with a china business, and was educated at Kelvinside Academy, Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford.

References

  1. ↑ Posner, Michael (25 March 2004). "Obituary". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Halligan, Liam (1 May 2010). "Chronicle of a disaster foretold plays out on the streets of Athens". The Daily Telegraph (London). Interview with MacDougall "about 10 years" before article date.


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