- Birthday
- 1942-02-07
- Deathday
- 2019-02-04
- Place of Birth
- Lauwe, West Flanders, Belgium
Bernard A. Lietaer
ActingBiography
Bernard Lietaer (7 February 1942 – 4 February 2019) was a Belgian civil engineer, economist, author and professor. He studied monetary systems and promoted the idea that communities can benefit from creating their own local or complementary currency, which circulate parallel with national currencies. Bernard Lietaer was born on 7 February 1942 in Lauwe, Belgium. He attended College of St Paul, Godinne from 1955 to 1961. He studied engineering at the Catholic University of Leuven, in Belgium, where, later in life, he held an assistant professorship of international finance. During his engineer...
