Alfredo Zaiat (born 19 November 1964) is an Argentine

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and

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Life

He has been working on the daily newspaper Página/12 since late eighties, where he is chief editor of ''Economics'' and ''Cash'' sections.
He is also columnist of the television program ''Con sentido público'' ("With public sense"), and radio host of the program ''Cheque en blanco'' ("Blank Check").
Moreover, for a two-year period (from 2007 to 2009) he coordinated the program "Iniciativa para la transparencia financiera" ("Initiative for financial transparency") led by Roberto Frenkel and Mario Damill. Furthermore, he performed as content advisor for the presentation of the gallery ''Economía y política. 200 años de historia'' ("Economics and politics. Two hundred years of history"), of the

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("National Home of the

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In the academic environment, Zaiat is part of ''Programa Premio

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'' ("Program Award Amartya Sen") of the School of Economic Sciences of the

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, project led by

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Bibliography

At the moment, the journalist has published two books and collaborated with a major publication of Página/12. * ZAIAT, Alfredo. ''Economía a contramano. Cómo entender la economía política'', Planeta, 2012 * ZAIAT, Alfredo, et al. ''Historia de la economía argentina del siglo XX'', La Página, 2008 * ZAIAT, Alfredo. ''Economistas o astrólogos'', Educa, 2004“De la imprenta”
, ''Clarín.com'', Retrieved 24 July 2013

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zaiat, Alfredo 1964 births Living people Argentine economists Argentine journalists Argentine male journalists People from Buenos Aires University of Buenos Aires alumni