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Tribute to Michel Aglietta

05 May 2025

Economist Michel Aglietta died on Thursday April 24, 2025 at the age of 87.

Co-founder of the theory of regulation in the 1970s, with Robert Boyer, and of the institutionalist theory of money in the 1980s, with André Orléan, Michel Aglietta marked and influenced several generations of economists. His death has prompted numerous tributes in the media, including one by Yamina Tadjeddine (professor of economics and deputy director of BETA – Université de Lorraine).

  • “Mort de Michel Aglietta, théoricien de la monnaie et économiste visionnaire”, Opinion column by Yamina Tadjeddine published by Libération (April 29, 2025, website / May 2, 2025, print newspaper).
  • ”Michel Aglietta, un « jardinier » visionnaire en économie, est mort“, Opinion column by Vincent Bignon (Banque de France), Benoit Mojon (Banque des règlements internationaux), Xavier Ragot (Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques), Laurence Scialom (Professor at university Paris Ouest – Nanterre-La Défense) et Yamina Tadjeddine (Professor at university of Lorraine), published on the Le Monde website, April 29, 2025.
  • Article “Théoricien de la régulation et critique du capitalisme financier, Michel Aglietta est mort“, published by Mediapart on May 1, 2025, including interviews from Laurence Scialom (Professor at university Paris Ouest – Nanterre-La Défense), Yamina Tadjeddine (Professor at university of Lorraine), and Jean-François Ponsot (Professor at University Grenoble-Alpes).
  • Podcast of the “Éco d’ici Éco d’ailleurs” program broadcast on RFI radio on May 3, 2025. Starting at 44’40, a tribute to Michel Aglietta, including testimonials from Yamina Tadjeddine (Professor at the University of Lorraine), Christophe Rodrigues (Professor of Economics), Thomas Grjebine ((Head of the “Macroeconomics and International Finance” program at CEPII), as well as an extract from the podcast Éco d’ici Éco d’ailleurs in which Michel Aglietta discussed the challenges of capitalism and climate change.

As a reminder, BETA was honored to welcome Michel Aglietta to Nancy on November 22, 2021, as part of BETA’s Big Conference. He presented his book Le futur de la monnaie, co-written with Natacha Valla and published in February 2021 by Odile Jacob.