François Chesnais
Chesnais in 2020
Born(1934-01-22)22 January 1934
Montreal, Canada
Died28 October 2022(2022-10-28) (aged 88)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Economist, scholar
Political partyInternationalist Communist Party (France)
Internationalist Communist Organisation
New Anticapitalist Party

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

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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