“Remember so that the memory does not fade” (anonymous).

“Remember so that the memory does not fade” (anonymous). I was one of the economists who received on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, the “Diploma of Counselor Economist”, awarded by the Order of Economists. “The Order of Economists took this initiative to distinguish economists without any record of disciplinary infraction, and who through their career have contributed in a relevant way to the economic development of Portugal, and in accordance with the principles supported by the Order of Economists, as that is, the recognition by our Order of the effort, the work, the contribution made to companies and institutions by the economists and managers who chose this professional orientation for the course of their lives. More than an individual distinction for each one of us, for the results of our work, which is already significant, we interpret this recognition from the Order also as an encouragement to young people in our country and to all foreigners who choose us to study, to choose the profession of Economist, as it is necessary, useful, represents a net added value for companies and public and private institutions, in addition to having an Order worth belonging to, as it gives prestige to the profession and is a national reference , Upon being distinguished at this Congress of our Order, on October 25, 2023, held in Lisbon at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, with the Honorary title of Economist Counselor and having been chosen by the Order of Economists to represent all colleagues in receiving the Diploma which attests to the Distinction, which allows us to use the Insignia in all solemn ceremonies promoted by the Order of Economists, and to include in our professional signature, the mention of “Advisor Economist”, I would like, on my personal behalf and that of all colleagues, to thank to our Order for this pioneering initiative, and to say to everyone present that we limited ourselves to doing what was our responsibility, which was and is, valuing our profession, honoring the schools where we studied, our origins and contributing to a more Developed in economic terms, without forgetting its social and territorial cohesion. I share this distinction with distinguished economists today, with my colleagues in economics, my teachers and students and all those economists who work every day in the periphery and ultraperiphery to improve the territories and lives of their fellow countrymen. Finally, a word of encouragement for the Order of Economists to continue developing the work that has been done with its Delegations.” (Azorean economist, Gualter Furtado) “We must feel the need for experience, for observation, that is, the need to leave ourselves to access the school of things, if we want to know and understand them.” (Émile Durkheim