11 Facts About Aldo Ferrer

Aldo Ferrer was one of the leading proponents of economic nationalism in Argentina.

Aldo Ferrer was born in Buenos Aires in 1927, and enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires School of Economics, where he received a Doctorate in 1953.

Aldo Ferrer served as adviser to the UN Secretariat as a doctoral student under Professor Raul Prebisch, and his dissertation, The State and Economic Development, earned him early repute as a defender of industrial protectionism.

Aldo Ferrer's turn as chief economist for Argentina's largest province gave Ferrer national stature, though it left him out of the halls of power after the UCRI's standard-bearer, President Arturo Frondizi, was forced to resign by conservative opponents in 1962.

Aldo Ferrer returned to academics as Professor of Economics at the University of La Plata and at the University of Buenos Aires.

Aldo Ferrer was initially retained by the new president, Alejandro Lanusse.

Aldo Ferrer returned to academics and to his work with CLACSO, writing an economic history, The Postwar, and Living Within Our Means, an appeal for alternatives to dependence on foreign investment.

Limited by a shortfall in confidence in the Argentine banking system and growing differences with Alfonsin's conservative economists, Aldo Ferrer resigned in 1987.

Aldo Ferrer organized like-minded economists in his new NGO, Grupo Fenix the same year.

Aldo Ferrer was appointed to the company's Board of Directors in March 2006.

Aldo Ferrer was named editor-in-chief of Buenos Aires Economico, a local business and current affairs daily, in 2008, and in December 2010, was appointed Ambassador to France by President Cristina Kirchner.