- Jacques Attali
Jacques Attali (born 1 November 1943 in
Algiers ,Algeria ) is a Frencheconomist and scholar. From 1981 to 1991, he was an advisor to PresidentFrançois Mitterand .In 1998 Attali founded the French non-profit organization
PlaNet Finance which focuses onmicrofinance .In April 1991 he became the first President of the London-based
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development , the financial institution established by western governments to assist the countries of eastern and central Europe and the former Soviet Union in their transition to democratic market economies.Attali is perhaps best known in America as the author of "", ISBN 0-8166-1287-0, which bears a foreword by
Fredric Jameson and afterword bySusan McClary .Bibliography
*"Cannibalism and Civilization: Life and Death in the History of Medicine" (1984)
*"" (1985) Translated byBrian Massumi . Foreword byFredric Jameson , afterword bySusan McClary . ISBN 0-8166-1287-0.
*"A man of influence: The extraordinary career ofS.G. Warburg " (1987)
*"Millennium: Winners and Losers in the Coming Order" (1992)
*"Labyrinth in Culture and Society: Pathways to Wisdom" (1999) Translated by Joseph Rowe.
*"A Brief History of the Future" (2006) - original title: Une Brève histoire de l'aveniree also
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Social innovation
*Sound culture
*PlaNet Finance External links
* [http://www.attali.com/ Jacques Attali's home page]
* [http://www.notbored.org/attali.html NotBored.org: Jacques Attali's Noise] Takes a critical stance on Attali's class position.
* [http://www.vibrofiles.com/essays_attali.php/ Jacques Attali interviewed by Angus Carlyle]
* [http://www.mnstate.edu/gracyk/courses/aesthetics%20of%20music/attali'snoise.htm Outline of Jacques Attali, Noise]
* [http://nextmodernitylibrary.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/02/13/une-breve-histoire-de-l-avenir.html Jacques Attali, a video interview by Denis Failly around his last book "Une brève histoire de l'avenir"]
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