Everything about Xavier Sala-i-martin totally explained
Xavier Sala-i-Martin (b.
Cabrera de Mar,
Barcelona,
Spain,
1963) is an Spanish
professor of
economics at
Columbia University.
Sala-i-Martin earned his
Licenciatura (degree) from the
Autonomous University of Barcelona in
1985 and his
Ph.D. from
Harvard University in
1990, both in economics. In addition to working at Columbia, he's been a professor at
Yale University,
Harvard University, and the
Universitat Pompeu Fabra in
Barcelona (which he still visits for a term every year).
Professional work
Sala-i-Martin is consistently ranked among the most-cited economists in the world for works produced in the 1990s. His works include the topics of
economic growth, development in
Africa, monetary economics, social security, health and economics, classical-liberal thinking (with his book "Liberal economics for non-economists and non-liberals") (the "liberal" in the title should be understood in the
classic liberal/
libertarian sense), and convergence. He has constructed the best estimate to date of the World Distribution of Income, which he's then used to estimate poverty rates and measures of inequality. The conclusions of this study challenged the conventional wisdom in two dimensions. First, the United Nations and the World Bank used to believe that, although poverty rates were falling, the total number of poor people was increasing. Sala-i-Martin showed that both were falling. Second, the United Nations and the World Bank used to believe that individual income inequalities were on the rise. Sala-i-Martin showed they were not.
Known for his colorful personality and wardrobe, he co-wrote the textbook
Economic Growth with
Robert Barro. He also is a columnist for the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia.
Activities besides economics
Sala-i-Martin was acting president of European Champions
FC Barcelona in July and August of 2006 until
Joan Laporta was reelected. During his reign, FC Barcelona won the Spanish Supercup against
RCD Espanyol.
Sala-i-Martin is the founder of "Umbele: A Future for Africa," a non-profit organization that promotes economic development in Africa, as well as of the nonprofit organization "CEOs Without Borders."
Prizes
Sala-i-Martin has been recognized with a "Distinguished Teacher in Graduate Economics" award 3 times, both at Columbia and at Yale, with the King Juan Carlos I prize 2004 (a biannual prize given to the best economist in Spain and Latin America), and the Lenfest Prize 2006 awarded to the best teacher at Columbia University.
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