Charles Bettelheim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Bettelheim

French historian and economist

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1913

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 20-Jul-2006

Profession: writer, politician, economist, historian, philosopher, sovietologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Charles Bettelheim (20 November 1913, in Paris – 20 July 2006, in Paris) was a French Marxian economist and historian, founder of the Center for the Study of Modes of Industrialization (CEMI : Centre pour l'Étude des Modes d'Industrialisation) at the EHESS, economic advisor to the governments of several developing countries during the period of decolonization.
He was very influential in France's New Left, and considered one of "the most visible Marxists in the capitalist world" (Le Monde, 4 April 1972), in France as well as in Spain, Italy, Latin America, and India.