Donald MacDougall, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Donald MacDougall

British economist and civil servant

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1912

Date of Death: 22-Mar-2004

Profession: economist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sir George Donald Alastair MacDougall, (26 October 1912 – 22 March 2004) was a Scottish economist and civil servant who influenced 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.
He predicted in about 2000 that the euro currency could not work and that the EU Stability and Growth Pact would not be enforced.MacDougall was born in Glasgow in 1912, the son of a family with a china business, and was educated at Kelvinside Academy, Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford.