Rent control: What is the expected impact?
Sabine Le Bayon, Pierre Madec and Christine Rifflart The decree on rent control, which was published in the Journal officiel on 21 July, takes effect […]
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Social action, but no end of the crisis
Evaluation of the five-year economic programme (2012-2017) By Eric Heyer, Mathieu Plane, Xavier Timbeau The initial decisions of the five-year programme are coming amidst an […]
Obama 2012: “Yes, we care!”
By Frédéric Gannon (Université du Havre) and Vincent Touzé On Thursday, 28 June 2012, the United States Supreme Court delivered its verdict. The principle that individuals […]
Banking union: a solution to the euro crisis?
By Maylis Avaro and Henri Sterdyniak The European summit on 28th and 29th June marked a new attempt by Europe’s institutions and Member states to […]
Financing higher education: Should students have to pay?
By Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau Is it necessary to ensure that a greater portion of the cost of higher education is borne by students […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is our health system in danger? Reforming the reimbursement of care (3/4)
By Gérard Cornilleau Health is one of the key concerns of the French. Yet it has not been a major topic of political debate, probably […]