Emmanuel Farhi (8 September 1978 – 23 July 2020) was a French economist who served as the Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard University from 2018 till his death in 2020.
[11][7][8] One of the leading economists of his generation in both the US and France, Farhi’s research focused on macroeconomics and finance, particularly on financial stability and the process of reforming the international monetary system.
[8] Though highly quantitative, his work shed light on practical issues such as macroprudential regulation, mitigating the impacts of economic crises, and understanding the implications of fiscal policies.
For example, he assessed the controversial Social VAT,[12] a measure introduced by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and repealed by his successor François Hollande only to reemerge under a different form: the "Competitiveness Pact".
"[14] Farhi frequently co-authored academic papers with Iván Werning,[15] David Baqaee, Xavier Gabaix, and Jean Tirole.