Testimony by Renzo Orsi
È veramente una notizia che mi rattrista. Quando i grandi se ne vanno ti senti un po come orfano perché ti viene a mancare uno dei riferimenti su cui hai sempre contato, sia come scienziato che come uomo.
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I got to know Jacques Drèze as a student in the Master's programme in economics in Leuven in 1973 when he was in charge of the econometrics seminar. The seminars were held at CORE in Heverlee, and there were only a few of us attending them, but we were very interested and eager to learn. I was immediately struck by his great availability and the encouragement he gave us,