Erik Reinert
| Erik Steenfeldt Reinert | |
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| Born |
15 February 1949 Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Citizenship | Norway |
| Institution | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Field |
Development Economics Economic History |
| Alma mater |
University of St. Gallen (B.A.) Harvard University (M.B.A.) Cornell University (Ph.D) |
| Influences |
Friedrich List Thorstein Veblen Ragnar Nurkse Joseph A. Schumpeter Gunnar Myrdal John Maynard Keynes |
| Awards | Gunnar Myrdal Prize |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Erik Steenfeldt Reinert (born 15 February 1949) is a Norwegian economist, with development economics and economic history as his specialties.
Reinert was born in Oslo, attended the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland (where he studied economics), Harvard University (MBA), and Cornell University (Ph.D.). Already during his studies, he spent time in Latin America, working with a community development project in the Peruvian Andes, as well as in private industry. In 1972 he founded and later developed a small industrial firm, Matherson-Selig, later shortened to Matherson SpA,(color sampling to the paint and automotive industries) in Bergamo, Italy. Adding production plants also in Norway and Finland, the company had become the largest of its kind in Europe when Reinert sold it in 1991.
Reinert then worked for the STEP group in Oslo (1991–1995) and later became Director of Research of the Norsk Investorforum, a think tank set up by large Norwegian corporations (1995–2000). He also held a part-time position at The Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), a research institution established by the University of Oslo. In 2000, he became the Executive Chairman of The Other Canon Foundation, a small center and network for heterodox economics research. Since 2004, he is Professor of Technology Governance and Development Strategies at the Tallinn University of Technology in Tallinn, Estonia. He lectures in five languages.
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