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

Life and career

Chesnais was born in

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on 22 January 1934. He was a member of the Scientific Council of ATTAC-France, the author of several books and numerous articles on

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and a founder of the Marxist journal ''Carré Rouge''. Chesnais was a member of the

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. He died at a hospital in Paris on 29 October 2022, at the age of 88.

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. * ''Finance Capital Today: Corporations and Banks in the Lasting Global Slump.'' Brill, Leiden & Boston, 2016; Haymarket Books, Chicago, IL, 2017

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1934 births 2022 deaths Internationalist Communist Organisation politicians New Anticapitalist Party politicians French Trotskyists French economists French male writers {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub