Léonard Rist (1905–1982) was a French economist and banker. He was the son of

Charles Rist Charles Rist (1 January 1874, Prilly – 10 January 1955, Versailles) was a French economist. His son is Léonard Rist Léonard Rist (1905–1982) was a French economist and banker. He was the son of Charles Rist, the economist. Working in Ame ...

, the economist. Working in America he returned to France to enlist in 1939. He was imprisoned by the

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forces following the German occupation of France in the summer of 1940, and spent 18 months in prison camps in Silesia and Sudetenland. The bankers of the

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, where Rist was employed, managed to get him out. After the war, Rist became the first chief economist of the

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. Rist held various positions at the World Bank for 20 years. DFLa BIRD, la France et le dollar gap P Baubeau - histoire-politique.fr "Léonard Rist, est l'« alternate » français à la BIRD puis le directeur des Études économiques de la Banque internationale et Guy de Carmoy lui succède"

References

Sources

* Chernow, Ron (1990). ''House of Morgan'', Grove Press *Kapur, Devesh, John Prior Lewis and Richard Charles Webb (1997
''The World Bank: History''

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1905 births 1982 deaths 20th-century French economists French expatriates in the United States French bankers {{France-economist-stub