How can one defend the 1%?
By Guillaume Allègre In a forthcoming article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives[1], Harvard Professor and bestselling textbook author Greg Mankiw defends the income earned […]
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Croatia in the European Union: an entry without fanfare
By Céline Antonin and Sandrine Levasseur On 1 July 2013, ten years after filing its application to join the European Union, Croatia will officially become […]
20 billion euros in reductions on employer payroll taxes on low-wages. But will it create jobs?
By Eric Heyer and Mathieu Plane Every year the State spends nearly 1 percentage point of GDP, i.e. 20 billion euros, on general reductions in […]
So far so good …
By Christophe Blot The euro zone is still in recession. According to Eurostat, GDP fell again in the fourth quarter of 2012 (‑0.6%). This figure, […]
A recession is not inevitable
By Marion Cochard, Bruno Ducoudré and Danielle Schweisguth The cold blast from the autumn forecasts continues with the publication of the European Central Bank’s latest […]
Setting expectations carefully
Zakaria Babutsidze We all base certain our decisions on expectations. We buy new products because we expect that they carry certain quality, we vote for […]
The crisis in the United Kingdom: are women less affected than men?
By Hélène Périvier In most European countries the crisis has hit the employment of men more than women. The United Kingdom is no exception: in […]
The euro zone in crisis: challenges for monetary and fiscal policies
By Catherine Mathieu and Henri Sterdyniak The 9th EUROFRAME conference [1] was held on 8 June 2012 in Kiel on issues concerning the economic policy […]
A boost for the minimum wage or for income support?
By Guillaume Allègre The government has made a commitment to an exceptional, “reasonable” boost to the French minimum wage, the “SMIC”, and to indexation based […]
Social networks today. A decidedly small world
by Michel Forsé Everyone has undoubtedly had personal experience at least once in their lives of what is suggested by the notion of a “small […]