Daniel Cohen (16 June 1953 – 20 August 2023) was a prominent French economist, a co-founder and professor at the Paris School of Economics,^[1] as well as a senior advisor to the bank Lazard.^[2][3]

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Daniel Cohen
Born	(1953-06-16)16 June 1953 Tunis, Tunisia
Died	20 August 2023(2023-08-20) (aged 70) Paris, France
Education	École normale supérieure Paris Nanterre University
Occupation	Economist
Awards	Legion of Honour – Knight (2001)

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Cohen was born in Tunis, Tunisia, on 16 June 1953,^[4] and died in Paris on 20 August 2023, at the age of 70.^[5]

• Monnaie, Richesse et Dette des Nations, Editions du CNRS, 1987.
• Private Lending to Sovereign States, MIT Press, 1991.
• Les infortunes de la Prospérité, Paris: Julliard, 1994. (translation MIT Press).
• Richesse du monde, pauvretés des nations, Flammarion, 1997 (translation MIT Press).^[6]
• Nos Temps Modernes, Flammarion, 2000 (traduction MIT Press, et en 8 autres langues).
• La mondialisation et ses ennemis, 2004, Paris, Grasset (translation MIT Press).
• Trois leçons sur la société post-industrielle, Sept 2006, Paris, Seuil. (Spanish translation: Tres lecciones sobre la sociedad postindustrial, Buenos Aires/Madrid, Katz editores S.A, 2007, ISBN 978-84-96859-05-0)
• 27 Questions d'économie contemporaine (Tome 1), under the direction of Philippe Askenazy and Daniel Cohen 2008
• La Prospérité du vice, Une introduction (inquiète) à l'économie 2009
• 16 nouvelles questions d'économie contemporaine (Tome 2), with Philippe Askenazy and Daniel Cohen 2010
• Le monde est clos et le desir infini , Paris: Albin Michel, 2015; (English translation: The Infinite Desire for Growth. Princeton University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780691172538.)

• Laureat of the Association française de sciences économiques (1987)
• American Express Special Merit Award (1987)
• Le Nouvel Économiste "Economist of the Year" (1997)^[4]
• Prix Léon Faucher from the Académie des sciences morales et politiques (2000)^[4]
• Prix du Livre d’économie (2000)
• Laureat du prix européen (2000)
• Prix Synapsis for the book Mutation et travail (2000)
• Legion of Honour – Knight (11 April 2001)^[4]
• Brussels Lectures in Economics (2003)