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Daniel Cohen

1953 – 2023

French economist

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Lived 1953 – 2023 (aged 70). Daniel Cohen was a French economist and university teacher.

Daniel Cohen (16 June 1953 – 20 August 2023) was a prominent French economist, a co-founder and professor at the Paris School of Economics, as well as a senior advisor to the bank Lazard.

Cohen was born in Tunis, Tunisia, on 16 June 1953,

Works Monnaie, Richesse et Dette des Nations, Editions du CNRS, 1987. Private Lending to Sovereign States, MIT Press, 1991. Les infortunes de la Prospérité, Paris: Julliard, 1994. (translation MIT Press). Richesse du monde, pauvretés des nations, Flammarion, 1997 (translation MIT Press). Nos Temps Modernes, Flammarion, 2000 (traduction MIT Press, et en 8 autres langues). La mondialisation et ses ennemis, 2004, Paris, Grasset (translation MIT Press). Trois leçons sur la société post-industrielle, Sept 2006, Paris, Seuil. (Spanish translation: Tres lecciones sobre la sociedad postindustrial, Buenos Aires/Madrid, Katz editores S.A, 2007, ) 27 Questions d'économie contemporaine (Tome 1), under the direction of Philippe Askenazy and Daniel Cohen 2008 La Prospérité du vice, Une introduction (inquiète) à l'économie 2009 16 nouvelles questions d'économie contemporaine (Tome 2), with Philippe Askenazy and Daniel Cohen 2010 Le monde est clos et le desir infini , Paris: Albin Michel, 2015; (English translation: ) Une brève histoire de l'économie, Paris: Albin Michel, 2024; (English translation: )

Awards and distinctions Laureat of the Association française de sciences économiques (1987) American Express Special Merit Award (1987) Le Nouvel Économiste "Economist of the Year" (1997) Prix Léon Faucher from the Académie des sciences morales et politiques (2000) Prix du Livre d’économie (2000) Laureat du prix européen (2000) Prix Synapsis for the book Mutation et travail (2000) Legion of Honour – Knight (11 April 2001) Brussels Lectures in Economics (2003)

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
École Normale Supérieure, Paris Nanterre University, École normale supérieure (Paris)
Positions held
Member of the supervisory board
Awards
Officer of the Legion of Honour; Honorary doctor of the University of Mons; Commander of the National Order of Merit; Economics Book Prize; Legion of Honour

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Daniel Cohen's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Daniel Cohen?

French economist (1953–2023)

When was Daniel Cohen born?

Daniel Cohen was born on 16 June 1953 in Tunis.

When did Daniel Cohen die?

Daniel Cohen died on 20 August 2023 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.

What was Daniel Cohen's occupation?

Daniel Cohen was an economist and university teacher.

What nationality was Daniel Cohen?

Daniel Cohen was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Daniel Cohen

· Wikidata: Q3013871

· DBpedia: Daniel Cohen (economist)

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