Tag: Bouzou
Transport, housing… The ecological constraint is getting worse and worse, by Nicolas Bouzou
Beware of the anti-ecological slingshot! Our audiovisual media are full of green Savonarola, some are respectable engineers, others are activists who will disappear at the slightest gust of wind. They…
Inflation: why it is urgent to do nothing, by Nicolas Bouzou
If the Minister of the Economy were to speak honestly to the French on the question of inflation, here is what he would say: “As you have noticed, our country…
Reindustrialisation: something is happening in France, by Nicolas Bouzou
Is France reindustrialising as Emmanuel Macron and Bruno Lemaire claim? The diagnosis is rushed but, clearly, something positive is happening in France. It was desired enough to be pointed out.…
Innovation, the lifeline of a G7 in decline, by Nicolas Bouzou
According to IMF projections, the share of the G7 (United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada) in the world economy will drop below 30% this year. If…
Debt: the drop in France’s rating hides another reality, by Nicolas Bouzou
The downgrading of France’s public debt rating from AA to AA- by the rating agency Fitch sparked a number of political comments, which largely missed the point. The left believed…
Public services: enough promises, place for results, by Nicolas Bouzou
The philosopher Pierre-Henri Tavoillot explains that the democratic crisis is less a crisis of representation than a crisis of efficiency. In other words, multiplying citizens’ conventions and inventing national councils…
After retirement, it’s high time to talk about salaries, by Nicolas Bouzou
The government is preparing a labor law with two objectives in mind. The first is to resume language with the social partners and more particularly with the CFDT. It is…
Industry: how to get out of Olson’s paradox? By Nicolas Bouzou
Olson’s paradox is one of the simplest and most powerful theorems in political economy. It tells us that individuals may wish to achieve a collective goal but never succeed because…
For fifty years we have been bathed in spendthrift cowardice, by Nicolas Bouzou
It is likely that the debate on the increase in compulsory levies will return to France, which is legitimate. After all, our public debt, even slightly down in 2022, remains…
The third globalization has begun, by Nicolas Bouzou
Global warming, the Covid pandemic and geopolitical tensions are tipping us into what Harvard economics professor Dani Rodrik calls “productivism”. It is for States to encourage companies to produce by…