Jacques Attali
Author of Noise: The Political Economy of Music
About the Author
Jacques Attali is an eminent economic advisor and was recently nominated by French President Nicolas Sarkozy as the head of the Commission to promote French Growth. From 1981 to 1991 he was special advisor to Franois Mitterrand and in 1990 he became the first president of the European Bank for show more Reconstruction and Development, EBRD. Currently he is chairman of AA, an international consultancy company and the founder and president of PlaNet Finance, an international non-profit organisation that uses the Internet to combat poverty concentrating on the microfinance sector. show less
Works by Jacques Attali
A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century (2006) — Author — 300 copies, 10 reviews
100 jours pour que la France réussisse : Tout peut changer en 2017 ! (French Edition) (2016) 8 copies
Histoires des médias: Des signaux de fumée aux réseaux sociaux, et bien après (Documents) (2021) 6 copies
L'essenziale: Cosa non ti puoi perdere se vuoi una vita bella, buona e felice (Italian Edition) (2019) 2 copies
Breve historia del futuro 1 copy
Bratstvo budnih 1 copy
La vie ternelle, roman 1 copy
CONVERTIRSE EN UNO MISMO: Como tomar las riendas de tu propia vida (LIBROS DE VANGUARDIA) (Spanish Edition) (2016) 1 copy
Histories des Medias 1 copy
Storie del tempo 1 copy
Rehabiliter Giordano Bruno 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Attali, Jacques
- Birthdate
- 1943-11-01
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Université Paris-Dauphine (Doctorat, Sciences économiques, Thèse "La théorie de l'ordre par le bruit dans la théorie économique", 19 79)
Ecole nationale d'administration (1968|1970)
Institut d'études politiques, Paris (1965|1967)
Ecole polytechnique (1963|1965)
Lycée Janson-de-Sailly, Paris - Occupations
- economist
novelist
civil servant - Organizations
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (president)
PlaNet Finance (founder) - Awards and honors
- Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1998)
Grand commandeur de l'ordre de l'Honneur, Grèce (2015)
Université de Haïfa (Docteur honoris causa)
Université du Kent (Docteur honoris causa) - Relationships
- Cotta, Alain (Directeur de thèse)
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Algiers, Algeria
- Map Location
- France
- Associated Place (for map)
- Algiers, Algeria
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Um livro estranho pós-maio 68, cheio de ideias mas especulativamente selvagem e argumentativamente bagunçado, em que a premissa principal - de que a música é um campo especial para a economia política porque prefigura formações sociais - é apenas fragilmente defendida, faltando base histórica e consistência comparativa para se sustentar. Ao mesmo tempo, dá o que pensar, no fato do desenvolvimento ocidental da música de concerto não ter correlato no oriente e na desigualdade da show more expansão capitalista nesses âmbitos. Ademais, possui uma periodização interessante, tratando a música como prática social sempre misturada a traços formais mais pronunciados - do uso ritualístico no sacrifício, ao harmonizador na representação, até a repetição e as práticas de silenciamento social e normatização em um sistema de massas e de estrelas, para lançar-se ao futuro incerto da "composição", onde vontade individual (attali é confuso sobre o quanto isso se relaciona com cenas e comunidades) se uniria com a abundância pós-capitalista para uma música do bem estar contra a ideia de demanda, ligada ao estágio da repetição. O livro é inconsistente, mas a leitura leva estranhamente a vislumbres satisfatórios (como as gravações de música separam preço e valor e como em geral a sociedade que separa preço e valor levaria a uma na qual as ações dissociariam um do outro, sociedade da prática amadora generalizada, por exemplo). show less
A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century by Jacques Attali
It's like reading the Book of Revelation. A prediction requires two things: an unambiguous way of judging if the event happened and a time limit. By this standard the book provides a mere handful of predictions, none of which are on track. It starts of trying to analyse the history of the world and find some simple rules it follows (always a waste of time). It then proceeds to talk about how in the future we'll all be playing golf and riding horses. At no point does it explain where any of show more the "predictions" come from because they sure as hell don't follow the scant few trends identified in the first part.
At least it's bold and stimulating, even if it's proven more wrong with each year that passes. show less
At least it's bold and stimulating, even if it's proven more wrong with each year that passes. show less
A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century by Jacques Attali
Certainly a thought-provoking book; I found the first two-thirds of the book - which covers the past history of what Mr. Attali defines as the "Mercantile Order" to be quite interesting and a good overview of the major economic centers from Bruges in 1200 to the present day. The latter third of the book deals with three possible, or possibly sequential, scenarios of the future based on extrapolating from the past historical lessons the author has gleaned. It is not a future I'd particular show more care to live in, but it is an important insight into the worldview of Mr. Attali and his colleagues which is quite different from John Q. Public show less
A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century by Jacques Attali
The author takes an economist’s point of view of the future. He looks largely at the history of humans and economic trends over time with emphasis on capitalism. He looks at core cities of innovation and predicts where the future core will move to which may be San Diego, California. Currently, the US has predominance in innovation and is predicted to continue so for maybe another 30 years. Jacques then looks at drivers for potential future conflicts. He looks at conflicts associated with show more taking resources and with religious differences. He concludes with an optimistic chapter on transhumans, which will bring altruistic values to society and will rightl the wrongs of destructive human tendencies. The author is knowledgeable and provides logical predictions. show less
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