François Chesnais

François Chesnais (22 January 1934 – 29 October 2022) was a French economist and scholar.

François Chesnais
Chesnais in 2020
Born	(1934-01-22)22 January 1934 Montreal, Canada
Died	28 October 2022(2022-10-28) (aged 88) Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Economist, scholar
Political party	Internationalist Communist Party (France) Internationalist Communist Organisation New Anticapitalist Party

Life and career

Chesnais was born in Montreal on 22 January 1934.^[1] He was a member of the Scientific Council of ATTAC-France,^[2] the author of several books and numerous articles on economics and a founder of the Marxist journal Carré Rouge.

Chesnais was a member of the New Anticapitalist Party. He died at a hospital in Paris on 29 October 2022, at the age of 88.^[3][4]

Books

• Marx's Crisis Theory Today in Christopher Freeman ed. Design, Innovation and Long Cycles in Economic Development 2nd ed. Frances Pinter, London, 1984
• The globalization of capital, Paris: Syros Editions, 1994 (first edition) and 1997 (revised edition)
• Actualiser l’économie de Marx, Actuel Marx Confrontation, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1995
• La mondialisation financière : genèse, coûts et enjeux (directeur de publication et deux chapitres), Syros, Collection Alternatives économiques, Paris, 1996,
• Tobin or not Tobin : une taxe internationale sur le capital (L'Esprit frappeur, 1999)
• Mondialisation : le capital rentier aux commandes in Les Temps Modernes, n°607, janvier-février 2000.
• Que se vayan todos ! Le peuple argentin se soulève avec Jean-Philippe Divès, Éditions Nautilus, Paris, 2002.
• Mondialisation et impérialisme Odile Castel, François Chesnais, Gérard Dumesnil...[et al.] Paris Éd. Syllepse, 2003
• La finance mondialisée : racines sociales et politiques, configuration, conséquences - Sous la direction de François Chesnais, La Découverte, 2004
• Les dettes illégitimes - Quand les banques font main basse sur les politiques publiques. Paris, Éd. Raisons d'Agir, juin 2011. ISBN 978-2-912107-60-2
• Finance Capital Today: Corporations and Banks in the Lasting Global Slump. Brill, Leiden & Boston, 2016; Haymarket Books, Chicago, IL, 2017

References

1. "Biography of François Chesnais". Marxists Internet Archive. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
2. "ATTAC Scientific Advisory Board" (in French). Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
3. "Morreu o economista François Chesnais". Esquerda.net (in European Portuguese). 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
4. Albarracin, Daniel (29 October 2022). "François Chesnais: uno de los referentes de la economía marxista europea". Viento Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2022.

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