Macroeconomic income distribution, inequality, and growth

Christopher Bliss, himself a distinguished scientist in the finest Oxbridge tradition, in his authoritative entry on ‘Hicks, John Richard’ written for The New Palgrave, writes:

Bliss's arguments are forceful, and they may not be entirely shared by a number of his younger colleagues in Oxford. One might argue that Hicks's apparent reclusiveness might have been enhanced by the Oxbridge collegial system, which was a tradition devised to facilitate discussions and exchanges with fellows of other disciplines. It is much easier to imagine Sir John having morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea, or dinner at All Souls College in Oxford with fellow historians, philosophers, and men of letters, rather than with fellow economists at the twice-a-term sub-faculty meetings (which were mainly about the PPE – politics, philosophy and economics – honours school, Oxford's pride and joy, set up in 1923).