ECONOMIST

Bernard Lietaer

1942 - 2019

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Bernard Lietaer (7 February 1942 – 4 February 2019) was a Belgian civil engineer, economist, author, and educator. He studied monetary systems and promoted the idea that communities can benefit from creating their own local or complementary currency, which circulate parallel with national currencies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Lietaer is the 332nd most popular economist (down from 319th in 2024), the 727th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 659th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Bernard Lietaer ranks 332 out of 414. Before him are Anne Osborn Krueger, David Landes, Käthe Leichter, Robert Rubin, Anna Schwartz, and Paul A. Baran. After him are John Lipsky, Dambisa Moyo, Jacob Viner, John R. Commons, Abel Aganbegyan, and Henryk Grossman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Bernard Lietaer ranks 546. Before him are Michael Giles, Sila María Calderón, Antonio Martino, Carol Cleveland, Carl Douglas, and Mirko Sandić. After him are Nancy Richey, Philippe Gondet, Laila Freivalds, Gabriel Núñez, José Luis González Dávila, and James Soong. Among people deceased in 2019, Bernard Lietaer ranks 424. Before him are Ismail Petra of Kelantan, Francisco Toledo, Kornel Morawiecki, Judith Krantz, Pat Crawford Brown, and Andrea Pollack. After him are Yuri Artsutanov, Manfred Stolpe, Kálmán Ihász, Claes Andersson, Gianfranco Leoncini, and Martin Lauer.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Bernard Lietaer ranks 727 out of 1,190. Before him are Marcel Van Crombrugge (1880), Jacky Munaron (1956), Bob Benny (1926), Alexis Chantraine (1901), Philippe Gilbert (1982), and Théodore Nouwens (1908). After him are Theo Custers (1950), Ferdinand Feyerick (1865), Paul Van Asbroeck (1874), Axel Merckx (1972), Robert Van de Walle (1954), and Henri Cohen (1900).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Belgium

Among economists born in Belgium, Bernard Lietaer ranks 4. Before him are Silvio Gesell (1862), Gustave de Molinari (1819), and Philippe Van Parijs (1951). After him are Gunter Pauli (1956).

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