The spirit of the letter of the law … to avoid a “Graccident”
Raul Sampognaro and Xavier Timbeau The noose, in the words of Alexis Tsipras, is getting tighter and tighter around the Greek government. The last tranche […]
On the search to “recapture the industrial spirit of capitalism”: From patient shareholders to shared governance
By Jean-Luc Gaffard and Maurizio Iacopetta The government, buoyed by the law to recapture the real economy, the Florange act, which establishes the possibility of double […]
Equality at risk from simplification
By Françoise Milewski and Hélène Périvier Legislating to promote equality The laws on equality in pay and in the workplace have come a long way since […]
Oil: carbon for growth
By Céline Antonin, Bruno Ducoudré, Hervé Péléraux, Christine Rifflart, Aurélien Saussay This text is based on the special study of the same name [Pétrole : du carbone […]
Greece on a tightrope
By Céline Antonin, Raul Sampognaro, Xavier Timbeau and Sébastien Villemot This text summarizes the special study, “Greece on a tightrope” Since early 2015, Greece’s new government has […]
The planetary alignment has not always been favourable to the euro zone countries
By Eric Heyer and Raul Sampognaro In 2015, the euro zone economies will benefit from a favourable “planetary alignment” (with the euro and oil prices down […]
The British elections: border questions (2/2)
By Catherine Mathieu David Cameron has put the economy at the forefront of his electoral campaign, making the British economy’s good performance a trump card […]
The United Kingdom on the eve of elections: The economy, David Cameron’s trump card (1/2)
By Catherine Mathieu In the countdown to the general elections on 7 May 2015, there is so much suspense that the bookmakers are putting the […]
The coming recovery
By the Analysis and Forecasting Department, under the direction of Eric Heyer and Xavier Timbeau This text summarises the OFCE 2015-2016 economic outlook for the euro […]
The US economy at a standstill in Q1 2015: the impact of shale oil
By Aurélien Saussay (@aureliensaussay) The US Bureau of Economic Analysis has just released its estimate of US growth in the first quarter of 2015: at […]