Tag: Economic policy
Olivia Grégoire: “The labor shortage is only the tip of the iceberg”
Every Thursday and Friday, Olivia Grégoire slams the padded doors of Bercy to take the pulse of business leaders in the four corners of France. A follower of casual discussions,…
“Imposing EPZs without a credible alternative is the guarantee of a social explosion”
France is doing badly. In the succession of security, social or environmental crises that accumulate, the issue of mobility comes up repeatedly. The intensity of the population’s hostile reactions is…
Riots: the economic toll is already heavy, let’s beware of yet another “suburban plan”
Adam Smith already underlined that, without respected public order, there is no effective freedom. The founder of modern economics wrote in The Wealth of Nations (1776): “The first duty of…
The ZAN, a machine for deindustrializing France, by Nicolas Bouzou
There are too few of us to warn for several months about the economic and social dangers of an aspect of the Climate and Resilience law promulgated in 2021. A…
Château d’Yquem: Josephine, a woman of convictions
Yquem: this is a name that everyone should know, especially if he is a fan of great vintages. Château d’Yquem is indeed one of the most famous, recognized and admired…
Climate, hyperconflict, AI… Jacques Attali’s advice for the future
Professor of economics, adviser to the President of the Republic François Mitterrand, founder of five international institutions, author of 80 books, Jacques Attali has been deciphering the past, present and…
EXCLUSIVE. Civil service: these ten departments that deserve a small diet
The bar of 3,000 billion euros in public debt has officially been crossed, supported by INSEE figures. A symbolic threshold in the form of a new alert, a month after…
Debt, pensions: “In France, financial fiction dominates economic reality”
The excesses of easy money and the illusion of the benefits of debt, Jacques de Larosière has been denouncing them for ages. Financial crises, he managed the sometimes dramatic consequences…
Pensions: Theodule committees, a French disease
It’s a French pathology: for each politically explosive subject, a contraption. Hear a “council”, a “committee”, a “high commission”. Or better still a “high authority”. Whatever the name, as long…
Pensions: “Before any other reform, it will be necessary to improve social dialogue”
For the economist and Renaissance deputy Marc Ferracci, former adviser to Emmanuel Macron and Jean Castex, it is essential that the French work “more numerous and longer” in order to…