Manfred Max-Neef 
Biography
Economist, Author from Chile
Manfred Max-Neef is a Chilean economist widely respected for his work on international development. In 1981 he wrote the book for which he is best known, ‘From the Outside Looking in: Experiences in Barefoot Economics’, which describes his experiences practising economics among the poor in South America.
In the same year he founded the Centre for Development Alternatives (CEPAUR).
In 1983, Max-Neef won the Right Livelihood Award, known as the Alternative Nobel Prize for his work in poverty-stricken areas of developing countries.
Until 2001 he has been Rector of the Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia.
Videos
Manfred Max-Neef
What is wrong with economics we study today?
Manfred Max-Neef believes that economics taught in most schools today is at odds with reality as experienced by the world’s poor. Modern economics, taught in isolation from…
Recorded: 21 May 2006
Manfred Max-Neef
Can money buy happiness?
Manfred Max-Neef believes that economists are fixated with growth for growth’s sake. As a result, they overlook the qualitative values essential to human development. Whereas…
Recorded: 21 May 2006
Manfred Max-Neef
What are the benefits of living more slowly?
Max-Neef contemplates how everything in life is a matter of choice. But all too often we give up too much in the name of efficiency. Efficiency demands that more be achieved in…
Recorded: 21 May 2006
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