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Clément Colson
French economist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clément Colson (13 November 1853 – 24 March 1939) was a French political economist.[1][2][3][4] He was born in Versailles and died in Paris.[5] Colson was honorary president of the Société d'économie politique from 1929 to 1933.[6]
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Colson was trained as an engineer and became Inspecteur-général des ponts et chaussées.[4] He lectured on political economy at Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole des ponts et chaussées, and Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques.[4] His lectures were public in book form which brought him public notice.[4] He made contributions to statistical techniques in economics.[4] His first book was on transport statistics.[4]
He ended his career as president of the finance section of the Council of State (1920) and finally vice-president of the Council of State ( 1923-1928 ). Elected, the April 30, 1910, a full member of the political economy, statistics and finance section, in the chair of Émile Cheysson , he presided over the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 1922. In 1925 he spoke out in favour of the devaluation of the franc , which once again attracted the disapproval of the government.
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