ECONOMIST

Jacques Attali

1943 - Today

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Jacques José Mardoché Attali (French pronunciation: [ʒak atali]; born 1 November 1943) is a French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant. A very prolific writer, Attali published 86 books in 54 years, between 1969 and 2023. Attali served as a counselor to President François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1991, and was the first head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 1991 to 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Attali has received more than 703,164 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jacques Attali is the 95th most popular economist (down from 42nd in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Economist.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Jacques Attali ranks 95 out of 414. Before him are William Vickrey, Robert Reich, Robert Lucas Jr., Claudia Goldin, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, and George Akerlof. After him are Dale T. Mortensen, Gottfried Feder, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Gérard Debreu, Kristalina Georgieva, and Lorenz von Stein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jacques Attali ranks 92. Before him are Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Jean-Louis Tauran, Wolfgang Overath, Barbara Bouchet, Mario J. Molina, and Fouad Siniora. After him are Paul Van Himst, George Benson, Ken Thompson, Max Wright, Oskar Lafontaine, and Ri Chun-hee.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Jacques Attali ranks 34 out of 213. Before him are Abd al-Mu'min (1094), Marcel Cerdan (1916), Marlène Jobert (1940), Assia Djebar (1936), Edwige Fenech (1948), and Chadli Bendjedid (1929). After him are Enrico Macias (1938), Robert Merle (1908), Hélène Cixous (1937), Jean-Claude Brialy (1933), Khaled (1960), and Micipsa (-200).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Algeria

Among economists born in Algeria, Jacques Attali ranks 1. 

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