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Aldo Matteucci

Former Deputy Secretary General of the European Free Trade Association

Mr Aldo Matteucci graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) in Agriculture, and from Berkeley in Agricultural Economics. He spent three years in East Africa doing research on land use, then in Maryland, working on rural development. In 1977 he joined the Swiss Federal Office of Economic Affairs. He was deputy director of the EUREKA Secretariat in Brussels, and from 1994 to 2000, deputy secretary general of EFTA. He obtained early retirement upon leaving EFTA. He remains a committed contrarian.

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How General Motors coerced America's shift to cars
News, newsworthiness and 'truths'
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Wisdom is what’s lost in translation - or - A story from the land of false friends
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The Trump swerve
The Comanche: A short life of raiding
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A long tale of 'enablers' (Part I)
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The dangers of believing states always act rationally
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Borders II: Diplomats without borders wanted!
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A brain made transparent
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Taking the long view on Balochistan
The perfect internet storm
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Religiously objectionable material on the internet
How can Wikis improve diplomatic reporting?
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