Alain Lipietz made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Alain Lipietz as French engineer, economist and politician.
Alain Lipietz was born at Charenton-le-Pont in 1947. His recorded nationality is France. He was educated at École polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
The record gives his occupations as economist, politician and civil engineer.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
Working from France shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Alain Lipietz is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Educated at École polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
- Worked as economist, politician and civil engineer
