Ricardo Hausmann

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Ricardo Hausmann
Born	1956 (age 67–68)
Nationality	Venezuelan
Academic career
Field	Development economics
Institution	Harvard Kennedy School
Alma mater	Cornell University
Contributions	original sin, self-discovery, growth diagnostics, dark matter, the Product Space
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Ricardo Hausmann (born 1956) is the former Director of the Center for International Development currently leading the Center for International Development's Growth Lab and is a Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.^[1] He is also a former Venezuelan Minister of Planning and former Head of the Presidential Office of Coordination and Planning (1992–1993). He co-introduced several regularly used concepts in economics including original sin, growth diagnostics, self-discovery, dark matter, the product space, and economic complexity.

Ricardo is the father of theatre director and producer Michel Hausmann, art historian Carolina Hausmann, and comedian Joanna Hausmann.