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 […]
Month: June 2012
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 […]
Would returning to the drachma be an overwhelming tragedy?
by Céline Antonin Following the vote in the Greek parliamentary elections on 17 June 2012, the spectre of the country leaving the euro zone has […]
Will Germany be caught up in the recession of its European partners?
Christophe Blot and Sabine Le Bayon Can Germany avoid the recession that is hitting a growing number of countries in the euro zone? While Germany’s […]
Taxes on wealth: what kind of reform?
By Guillaume Allègre, Mathieu Plane and Xavier Timbeau Why and how should wealth be taxed? Are France’s wealth taxes fair and efficient? In an article […]
What risks face the Greeks if they return to the drachma?
By Anne-Laure Delatte (associate researcher of the Forecasting Department) The debate about whether the Greeks will stay in the euro zone is intensifying. Christine Lagarde, […]
Japan’s reconstruction: constrained by the deterioration in public finances
By Bruno Ducoudré Following the earthquake that hit Japan in March 2011, the government estimated the cost of the loss at 16.9 trillion yen (3.6 […]
Fiscal reform: Now or never*
By Nicolas Delalande (Centre d’histoire at Sciences Po) While the question of taxation was one of the major economic issues of the presidential election, it […]