Angus Deaton
British-born economist Angus Deaton of Princeton University answers questions in a news conference after winning the 2015 economics Nobel Prize on the Princeton University campus in Princeton, New Jersey October 12, 2015
  • Angus Deaton won the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics in 2015.
  • The economist has studied consumer choice, welfare, inequality, and poverty for decades.
  • Now, he's revisiting some of his previously held views on unions, free trade, and immigration.

Angus Deaton is doing some rethinking.

Specifically, the 78-year-old Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist is re-examining his views on major topics like unions, immigration, and global trade.