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Marc Fleurbaey, (born 11 October 1961) is a French economist, specialized in welfare economics, social choice theory and normative economics. He has been researcher and professor in the United Kingdom, France and the United States since 1994. He is currently Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies and Professor of Public Affairs at Princeton University.

Amid his major contributions to economics and philosophy, Fleurbaey has developped a framework to integrate the notion of responsabilitiy within economic modelling, named "the Economics of Responsability".

Among his public engagements he has been a member of the Stigliz Commission, a principal coordinator for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has just coordinated a new international report, the International Panel on Social Progresswhich gathered together 300 researchers from different fields within social sciences from philosophy, economics, history, sociology, and others. Among them, we can count three Nobels prize in economics: Amartya Sen, Kenneth Arrow and James Heckman. We can cite also the economist Anthony Atkinson (economist), Manuel Castells (sociologist), Edgar Morin (sociologist and philosopher), Michael Porter (economist), Nancy Fraser (philosopher) and Eldar Shafir (psychologist).

Career
Since 2011, Marc Fleurbaey has been Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies and Professor of Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. He is also a researcher member of the following research centers:University Center for Human Values, Center for Health and Well-Being, William S. Dietrich II Economic Theory Center and the Princeton Environnemental Institute.

He has been invited professor at the University of California, Davis, Osnabrück University, Louvain Catholic University, Alicante University, Wisconsin University, Hitotsubashi University, Norwegian School of Economics, Bielefeld University, Montreal University, Nuffield College (Oxford University), Lachmann Fellow at the London School of Economics.

Marc Fleurbaey has been editor-in-chief for Economics & Philosophy. He is currently the editor-in-chief for Social Choice and Welfare, two major academic journals for welfare economics and political philosophy.

Public Engagement
He has occupied counseling positions at the World Bank, the UN , and the OECD and has participated in different international reports on societal topics such as welfare, social progress, and climate change.

Media Publications
Fleurbaey publishes regularly in French-speaking and English-speaking media: Huffington Post (fr), Huffington Post (en) , Le Monde , Libération , La vie des idées , La Croix , Project Syndicate ,  The Conversation (fr) , The Conversation (en) , The American Prospect , LSE US Centre’s daily blog on American Politics and Policy ,World Economic Forum.

Awards and Honours

 * 2016: Docteur honoris causa Louvain Catholic University
 * 2014: Prize Revue économique

Notes and References


Books
Marc Fleurbaey has authored or co-authored more than 10 books and 395 peer-reviewed journal articles according to google scholar.


 * Marc Fleurbaey et al., Un manifeste pour le progrès social, La Découverte, 2018; ISBN-10: 2348041758
 * Marc Fleurbaey, Matthew Adler, The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, 2016; ISBN-10: 9780199325818
 * Marc Fleurbaey, Didier Blanchet, Beyond GDP: Measuring Welfare and Assessing Sustainability, Oxford University Press, 2013; ISBN-10: 019976719
 * Marc Fleurbaey, François Maniquet, Equality of Opportunity: The Economics of Responsibility, World Scientific Edition, 2012, préface par le prix Nobel d'économie Eric Maskin; ISBN-10: 9814368873
 * Marc Fleurbaey, François Maniquet, A Theory of Fairness and Social Welfare, Cambridge University Press; ISBN-10: 9780511851971

Journal Articles

 * Adler, M., & Fleurbaey, M. (2018). In Pursuit Of Social Progress. Economics & Philosophy, 34(3), 443-449.
 * Fleurbaey, M., & Maniquet, F. (2018). Optimal income taxation theory and principles of fairness. Journal of Economic Literature, 56(3), 1029-79.
 * Fleurbaey, M. (2010). Assessing risky social situations. Journal of Political Economy, 118(4), 649-680.
 * Fleurbaey, M. (2009). Beyond GDP: The quest for a measure of social welfare. Journal of Economic literature, 47(4), 1029-75.
 * Fleurbaey, M., & Schokkaert, E. (2009). Unfair inequalities in health and health care. Journal of health economics, 28(1), 73-90.
 * Fleurbaey, M., & Maniquet, F. (2006). Fair income tax. The Review of Economic Studies, 73(1), 55-83.
 * Fleurbaey, M. (1995). Equal opportunity or equal social outcome?. Economics & Philosophy, 11(1), 25-55.
 * Fleurbaey, M. (1995). Equality and responsibility. European Economic Review, 39 (3-4), 683-689.

Connex Articles

 * Welfare Economics
 * Social Choice Theory
 * Climate Economics
 * Social Justice