Economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi dies at 79
French Economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi, long head of the French Observatory of Economic Conditions (OFCE) and professor at Paris' prestigious Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), died in Paris. He was 79.
A Keynesian economist and professor at Sciences Po, a specialist in theories of inflation, unemployment and the role of economic policies, he had also notably been a member of the Council for Economic Analysis (CAE), a body responsible for advising the French government.
Born in Tunisia in 1942, Fitoussi had also worked extensively in Italy, his other favorite homeland, where he taught at the Luiss University in Rome, and held a seat on the board of directors of Telecom Italia from 2004 to 2017.
A longstanding supporter of debt relief, in the wake of the 2008-09 financial crisis he participated with 22 international experts in a commission chaired by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, and launched by then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the measurement of economic performance.
“A brilliant and committed economist, recognized by his peers internationally, respected and loved by generations of students, consulted and listened to by the highest political leaders, read and heard by a wide public, Jean-Paul Fitoussi is an eminent figure in his discipline,” Sciences Po declared in a press release.
At: https://westobserver.com/news/europe/economist-jean-paul-fitoussi-dies-at-79/
French Economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi, 1942-2022.
“We have to come to terms with it: wars were never financed by taxes but by debt; all wars against Covid require debt. It seems evident that we must learn how to erase debts - and especially those of emerging countries.”
