Underlying deflation
Christophe Blot, Marion Cochard, Bruno Ducoudré and Eric Heyer A look at the latest statistics on price trends indicates that the risk of deflation seems […]
Month: May 2012
Less austerity = more growth and less unemployment
Eric Heyer and Xavier Timbeau The European Commission has just released its spring forecast, which anticipates a recession in 2012 for the euro zone (“mild” […]
A letter to President François Hollande
by Jérôme Creel, Xavier Timbeau and Philippe Weil [1]
Let’s negotiate a global carbon price signal – quickly!
By Stéphane Dion [1] and Éloi Laurent Two decades after the Rio Conference, and just as a new climate conference is opening in Bonn on […]
Italy: Mario Monti’s challenge
By Céline Antonin From his arrival in power on 12 November 2011, Mario Monti has explicitly set out his aims, which are structured around three […]
Competitiveness and industrial demand: The difficulties facing the French-German couple
Jean-Luc Gaffard The obsession with competitiveness has returned to centre stage with the election campaign. This reflects the reality that French companies are indeed suffering […]
Plea for a growth pact: the sound and fury hiding a persistent disagreement
By Jean-Luc Gaffard and Francesco Saraceno The emphasis on the need to complement fiscal restraint by measures to boost growth, which is rising in part […]
The middle class: baseless fears or genuine hardship?
By Louis Chauvel The term “middle class” is one of those social science concepts that provoke controversy due to its complex definition and dynamics and […]