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Albert Aftalion

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Albert Aftalion · Economics & Business

What

Economist

When

1874, Ruse, Bulgaria — 1956, Chambéry, France

Where

Bulgaria · France

Biography

Albert Aftalion is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Economist

How & why

Albert Aftalion was a Bulgarian-born French economist who developed the acceleration principle explaining how consumer demand amplifies swings in investment and the business cycle, and made early contributions to monetary and overproduction theory. He was a professor at the University of Paris. Aftalion was Jewish, born to a Sephardic Jewish family in Ruse.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists