Alan Walters

Sir Alan Walters
Born	(1926-06-17)17 June 1926 Leicester, England
Died	3 January 2009(2009-01-03) (aged 82)
Nationality	British
Spouse	Margaret Patricia Wilson ​ ​ (m. 1975)​
Academic career
Institution	University of Birmingham London School of Economics World Bank Johns Hopkins University American Enterprise Institute
Field	Economics
School or tradition	Monetarism
Alma mater	University College, Leicester Nuffield College, Oxford
Influences	Ernest Cassel

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Sir Alan Arthur Walters (17 June 1926 – 3 January 2009) was a British economist who was best known as the Chief Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1981 to 1983 and (after his return from the United States) again for five months in 1989.