Albert Aftalion

{{Short description|French economist (1874–1956)}}

Albert Abram Aftalion (October 21, 1874, Rusçuk, Ottoman Empire – December 6, 1956,"[http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/reco_0035-2764_1957_num_8_1_407218 Albert Aftalion: In memoriam]" Revue économique, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan., 1957), p. 1. Geneva, Switzerland) was a French economist.{{Cite journal |last1=Coffman |first1=D'Maris |last2=Scazzieri |first2=Roberto |date=2024 |title=A Reappraisal of Albert Aftalion's Theory of Structural Transformation in an Era of Decarbonization |url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10195495/1/a-reappraisal-of-albert-aftalions-theory-of-structural-transformation-in-an-era-of-decarbonization.pdf |journal=Business History Review |volume=98 |issue=1 |pages=237–257 |doi=10.1017/s0007680524000205 |issn=0007-6805}}

He taught at the Paris University (1925–1939). He co-founded the academic journal Revue économique in 1950 and presided over its board of directors.[http://www.revue-economique.fr/ Revue économique official web site]Aftalion, Albert. "Presentation," Revue économique, Vol. 1, No. 1 (May, 1950), pp. 1-2"[http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/reco_0035-2764_1957_num_8_1_407218 Albert Aftalion: In memoriam]" Revue économique, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan., 1957), p. 1.