Michel Aglietta (born 1938) is a French

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, currently Professor of

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at the University of Paris X: Nanterre. Michel Aglietta is a scientific counsellor at CEPII, a member of the University Institute of France, and a consultant to

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. An

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of the

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, from 1998 to 2006, he was a member of the Circle of economists. From 1997 to 2003, he was a member of the Council of economic analysis for the French Prime Minister. His monograph ''A Theory of Capitalist Regulation: The US Experience'' (Verso, 1976) laid the foundation for the

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of economics. He is a teacher at

HEC Paris HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...

. In October 1974, Michel Aglietta published his thesis, entitled ''Régulation du mode de production capitaliste dans la longue période. Exemple des États-Unis (1870–1970)'', for his doctorate thesis at the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is also aggregate professor for the universities in

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, after he was administrator of the INSEE. The jury who marked his thesis consisted of Professors

Raymond Barre Raymond Octave Joseph Barre (; 12 April 192425 August 2007) was a French centre-right politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three presidents ( Rey, ...

, H. Brochier, Carlo Benetti, J. Weiller and

Edmond Malinvaud Edmond Malinvaud (25 April 1923 – 7 March 2015) was a French economist. He was the first president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Trained at the École Polytechnique and at the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Adminis ...

. Michel Aglietta was one of the founders in 1976, with Robert Boyer, of the

. He is a specialist in international monetary economy, known for his work on the functions of financial markets.

Main works

*''La monnaie. Entre dettes et souveraineté'', 2016 *''Dérives du capitalisme financier'', 2004 *''Macroéconomie financière'', 1995–2005 *''La violence de la monnaie'', with André Orléan, 1984 *''Régulation et crises du capitalisme'', 1976–1997 *''La monnaie souveraine'', with André Orléan, 1998

References

External links

Personal page on the site of CEPII

The site for regulation theory
1938 births Living people École Polytechnique alumni University of Paris alumni Marxian economists University of Paris faculty Writers from Chambéry 20th-century French economists 21st-century French economists French people of Italian descent Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur {{France-economist-stub