Economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi, long head of the OFCE and professor at Sciences Po, died on the night of Friday April 15 in Paris. He was 79 years old.
Professor at Sciences Po, specialist in theories of inflation, unemployment, and the role of economic policies, Jean-Paul Fitoussi had notably been a member of the Economic Analysis Council (CAE), a body responsible for advising the government.
Between 2008 and 2009, in the wake of the financial crisis, he participated with 22 international experts in the work of the commission chaired by the Nobel Prize in economics Joseph Stiglitz, and launched by Nicolas Sarkozy on the measurement of economic performance.
“Friend of Italy”
Jean-Paul Fitoussi has also worked extensively in Italy, where he notably taught at the Luiss University in Rome. The economist had also held a seat on the board of directors of Telecom Italia, from 2004 to 2017.
The former head of the Italian government Enrico Letta said in a tweet: “I learn with emotion and sadness the news of the disappearance of Professor Jean-Paul Fitoussi, a great economist at Sciences Po. A pillar. A friend. To whom I owe so much”.
Apprendo con emozione e tristezza la notizia della scomparsa del professor Jean-Paul Fitoussi grande economista di @political science. A pilaster. A friend. Al quale devo davvero tanto.
— Enrico Letta (@EnricoLetta) April 15, 2022
For his part, the Minister of Public Service Renato Brunetta, hailed “a companion of so many fights and a friend of Italy”.
The funeral of Jean-Paul Fitoussi will take place this Friday afternoon, in Levallois-Perret in the Hauts-de-Seine.