Manfred Max-Neef

Manfred Max-Neef
Manfred Max-Neef sits at a table near a notebook computer. On the wall behind him is a slide from a presentation.
Manfred Max-Neef, in 2007
Born
Artur Manfred Max Neef

(1932-10-26)26 October 1932
Died8 August 2019(2019-08-08) (aged 86)
Valdivia, Chile
Alma materUniversity of Chile
AwardsRight Livelihood Award
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley

Artur Manfred Max Neef (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɱfɾeð maks]; 26 October 1932 – 8 August 2019) was a Chilean economist of German descent. Max-Neef was born in Valparaíso, Chile. He started his career as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley in the early 1960s. He was known for his taxonomy of fundamental human needs and human scale development. In 1983, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "revitalising small and medium-sized communities through 'Barefoot Economics'."[1]

  1. ^ "Chilean Economist Manfred Max-Neef on Barefoot Economics, Poverty and Why The U.S. is Becoming an "Underdeveloping Nation"". Democracy Now!. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2019.