Bernard Schmitt (economist)
Bernard Schmitt was a French economist, founder of the school of economic thought known as 'quantum macroeconomics'.
During his doctoral research he studies at the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Piero Sraffa and Dennis Robertson. In 1954, he becomes a member of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, in Paris. His works on macroeconomic theory and monetary analysis have been awarded with two medals by the CNRS, in 1961 and in 1973.
He was professor in monetary macroeconomics at the University of Dijon, France, and at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.