2014年にはInequality: What Can Be Done? (邦題『21世紀の不平等』)を啓蒙書として発表し、そこでイギリスを念頭に置いて15の政策提言を行っている。その内容は「労働者の雇用を増大させる技術革新を行う」「ステークホルダー間での適切な権力バランスの実現」「最低賃金での公的雇用保証」「最低賃金以上の報酬慣行規範」「成人した時点での全員への最低限相続の実施」「ソブリン・ウエルス・ファンドの投資による国の資産増大」「所得税の累進性向上」「個人所得税の勤労所得割引の実施」「相続税の確実な徴収」「累進的な固定資産税の実施」「全児童への児童手当の給付」「何らかの社会的貢献を条件としたベーシック・インカム」「富有国のODAの目標額を国民総所得の1%に引き上げ」などである[7]。アトキンソンはこれらの提言において福祉国家論を強固に主張し[6]、これらの提言に対して予想される反論に実証的に応答している[6][8]。
主な著作
Books
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Harrison, Allan J. (1978). Distribution of personal wealth in Britain. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN9780521217354
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Stiglitz, Joseph E. (1980). Lectures on public economics. London New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. ISBN9780070841055
Atkinson, Anthony B. (1983). The economics of inequality. Oxford Oxfordshire New York: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press. ISBN9780198772088
Atkinson, Anthony B. (1995). Incomes and the welfare state: essays on Britain and Europe. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN9780521557962
Atkinson, Anthony B. (1996). Public economics in action: the basic income/flat tax proposal. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN9780198292166
Atkinson, Anthony B. (1999). The economic consequences of rolling back the welfare state. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN9780262011716
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Bourguignon, François (2000). Handbook of income distribution. Amsterdam New York: Elvesier. ISBN9780444816313
Atkinson, Anthony B; Stern, Nicholas H.; Glennerster, Howard (2000). Putting economics to work: volume in honour of Michio Morishima. 22. London: London School of Economics and Political Science, and the STICERD – Suntory-Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines. ISBN9780753013991
Atkinson, Anthony B. (2004). New sources of development finance. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN9780199278558
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Piketty, Thomas (2007). Top incomes over the Twentieth Century: a contrast between Continental European and English-speaking countries. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN9780199286881
Atkinson, Anthony B. (2008). The changing distribution of earnings in OECD countries. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN9780199532438
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Piketty, Thomas (2010). Top incomes: a global perspective. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN9780199286898
Atkinson, Anthony B. (2014). Public economics in an age of austerity. New York: Routledge. ISBN9781138018150
Atkinson, Anthony B. (2014). Inequality: What Can Be Done?. Harvard University Press. pp. 384. ISBN9780674504769
Atkinson, Anthony B. (2002), “Globalization and the European welfare state at the opening and the closing of the twentieth century”, in Kierzkowski, Henryk, Europe and globalization, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 249–273, ISBN9780333998397
Atkinson, Anthony B. (2008), “Concentration among the rich”, in Davies, James B, Personal wealth from a global perspective, Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 64–89, ISBN9780199548897
Atkinson, Anthony B. (2009), “Welfare economics and giving for development”, Arguments for a better world: essays in honor of Amartya Sen | Volume I: Ethics, welfare, and measurement, Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 489–500, ISBN9780199239115