Michael Cooper (economist)

Michael Hymie Cooper OBE (né Kupferroth, 15 December 1938 – 15 July 2017)[1] was a British-born economist and one of the first to develop the field of health economics in the 1960s. He later moved to the University of Otago in New Zealand.

Michael Cooper OBE
Born	Michael Hymie Kupferroth 15 December 1938 Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Died	15 July 2017 (aged 78) Martinborough, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand
Occupation	Economist

Biography

Cooper took a position as senior chair in economics at the University of Otago in 1976, where he established the university's first health economics class.[2] He worked at the university for 18 years, becoming pro vice-chancellor.[3] He chaired the Otago Area Health Board.[4] In 1990 he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal,[5] and in the 1994 New Year Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to.[6]

He died on 15 July 2017 at his home in Martinborough.[1]

Selected publications

• The Price of Blood. The Institute of Economic Affairs, 1968
• Rationing Health Care. Croom Helm, 1975

References

1. Sinclair, Kay (14 October 2017). "Economics professor shining star in health arena". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
2. Topham-Kindley, Liane (2 August 2017). "Michael Cooper, NZ's father of health economics, understood primary care".
3. "Two Economists: W. J Baumol (1922-2017) and M. H. Cooper (1938-2017) | Pundit". www.pundit.co.nz. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
4. "Economics – science, art or business?". University of Otago 1869-2019. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
5. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 106. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
6. "No. 53528". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1993. p. 34.