Eduardo Punset Casals (born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1936) is a Spanish lawyer, economist, and scientific popularizer. He holds a degree in Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Master's in Economic Sciences from the University of London. He has been an economic writer for the BBC, economics director of the Latin American edition of the newsweekly The Economist, and an economist for the International Monetary Fund in the United States and Haiti. As a specialist on the impact of emerging technologies, Punset has been a consultant to COTEC, Advising Professor of International Marketing at ESADE, president of the Instituto Tecnológico Bull, Professor of Innovation and Technology at the Instituto de Empresa (Madrid), President of Enher, Deputy General Director of Economic and Financial Studies at the Banco Hispanoamericano, and Coordinator of the Strategic Plan for the Information Society in Catalonia. Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (Catalan) Ciudad Condal (Spanish) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... English barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ... Alan Greenspan, former chairman, United States Federal Reserve. ... The Complutense University of Madrid, in Spanish Universidad Complutense de Madrid, is an important Spanish university, located in Madrid. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London, UK. It has been in continuous publication since September 1843. ... [[Image:Example. ... Technology (Gr. ... A consultant (from the latin consultus meaning legal expert) is a professional who provides expert advice in a particular domain or area of expertise such as accountancy, technology, the law, human resources, marketing, medicine, finance, public affairs, communication, or more esoteric areas of knowledge, for example engineering of different kinds... The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Look up marketing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... ESADE Barcelona building ESADE (Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas) is a Business and Law School based in Barcelona, Spain. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Motto: De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ... Finance addresses the ways in which individuals, business entities and other organizations allocate and use monetary resources over time. ... The Hispanic world. ... Anthem: Els Segadors Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan, Spanish and Aranese Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 6th  32,114 km²  6. ...

He played a prominent role, as Minister of Relations with the European Communities, when Spain opened its economy to the rest of the world. As financial advisor to the Generalitat he took part in the implementation of the State of the Autonomies, and, as president of the European Parliament's delegation to Poland, he supervised part of the process of economic transformation undertaken in Eastern countries after the fall of the Berlin Wall. After Spain was incorporated into the European Union, Punset was elected to the European Parliament in representation of the CDS in 1987 and 1989. The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary body of the European Union. ... East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall, 20 November 1961. ... The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary body of the European Union. ... Democratic and Social Centre (in Castillan: Centro Democrático y Social) is a political party in Spain. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Punset is the author of several books on economic analysis and social thought. At present he is Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at the Facultad de Economía of the Instituto Químico de Sarrià [linked page in Spanish] (Universidad Ramón Llull), director and presenter of Redes [linked page in Spanish], a popular-science show aired on the TVE, and president of the audiovisual production company smartplanet [linked page in Spanish]. Ramon Llull University is a private university in Barcelona, Spain, founded in 1990. ... TVE may stand for: Televisión Española Township and Village Enterprise This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Awards

• "Honor Plaque 2001" from the Asociación Española de Científicos
  
  Selected Works

Selected Works

• El viaje a la felicidad: Las nuevas claves científicas (The Journey to Happiness: New Scientific Clues, 2005; English translation to be published in the United States in 2007 as The Happiness Trip: A Scientific Journey)
• Cara a cara con la vida, la mente y el universo (Face to Face with Life, Mind, and the Universe, 2004; English translation to be published in the United States in 2007 as Mind, Life and Universe: Conversations with Great Scientists of Our Time)
• Adaptarse a la marea. La selección natural en los negocios (Adapting to the Tide: Natural Selection in Business, 2004)
• Manual para sobrevivir en el siglo XXI (A 20th Century Survival Manual, 2000)
• Information Resources and Corporate Growth (coauthor,1989)
• La España impertinente (Impertinent Spain, 1986)
• España: sociedad cerrada, sociedad abierta (Spain: Closed Society, Open Society, 1982)
• La salida de la crisis (The Way Out of the Crisis, 1980)
  
  External Links

External Links

• Eduardo Punset's official website [in Spanish]
• Eduardo Punset's blog [in Spanish]
• An endearing homage from Cruz y Raya [video clip]
• Skeptical commentary on Redes [in Spanish]

[This page is a translation of the Spanish Wikipedia entry].