Manuel Trajtenberg
| Manuel Trajtenberg | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
September 21, 1950 Córdoba, Argentina |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Harvard University |
| Occupation | Economist, academic |
Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg (born September 21, 1950) is an Israeli economist, chair of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education in Israel. He was appointed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in August 2011 to lead a committee for negotiations with the Israeli protesters and for recommending economic measures to overcome the crisis.
Biography
Trajtenberg was born in Córdoba, Argentina, and emigrated to Israel at the age of 16. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a major in economics in 1973 and completed a master's degree in economics and sociology in 1976, also at the Hebrew University. In 1984 he received his Ph.D. from Harvard University for work entitled "Economic Analysis of Product Innovation: The Case of CT Scanners." Upon completing his Ph.D., he returned to Israel, and has since been serving as a professor in the Tel-Aviv University School of Economics.
Trajtenberg served in several public roles. He was a consultant to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor and to the Prime Minister's Office. In 2006 he was appointed the first chair of the Israeli National Economic Council, a post from which he resigned in 2009. In 2011, he was appointed to head a committee for negotiating with the Israeli protesters and recommending economic measures to overcome the crisis.
References
- Personal homepage in the Tel-Aviv University website
- CV from Trajtenberg's homepage
- Trajtenberg to the protesters in Tel-Aviv: No chance gov't will bury my report - The protests are too powerful (in Hebrew), Globes, August 14, 2011