Francesco Giavazzi

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Francesco Giavazzi (born 11 August 1949 in

MIT
.

Biography

Giavazzi graduated in electrical engineering from the

PhD in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978 under the supervision of Rudi Dornbusch
.

In addition to being a professor at Bocconi University in Milan, he is a Research Fellow and a Trustee of

D'Alema government (1998–2000) he was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers to the Italian prime minister. He was Director General of the Italian Treasury responsible for debt management and privatizations
from 1992 to 1994.

From 1991 to 1999 he was an editor of the European Economic Review. He is also well known for his editorials in Italy's leading daily Corriere della Sera. He contributes to the economics web sites Voxeu.org and LaVoce.info.

In 2015, Giavazzi wrote a scathing denunciation of Greeks.[1] His polemic was criticized by Karl Whelan, a professor of economics at University College Dublin.[2]

References

  1. ^ Giavazzi, Francesco (9 June 2015). "Greeks chose poverty, let them have their way". ft.com. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. Medium
    . Retrieved 10 June 2015.

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