European Council: wait and sink?
By Jérôme Creel, Paul Hubert and Francesco Saraceno The European Council meeting being held at the end of the week should have been spent, according […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Economic policy-making tools for pre- and post-crisis periods
by Zakaria Babutsidze and Mauro Napoletano The worldwide financial crisis has questioned the relevance of economic models that are currently used by central bankers and […]
Positions of French and German Banks in European interbank lending network
by Zakaria Babutsidze Recent desperate cries for help from French and other European banks raise the question of exactly what type and how much trouble […]
« Buy French »: From the slogan to the reality
By Jean-Luc Gaffard, Sarah Guillou, Lionel Nesta The current election campaign is lending weight to simplistic proposals like the slogan “buy French”, which evokes the […]
What new European austerity plans await us in 2012?
By Eric Heyer To meet French commitments vis-à-vis Brussels to a general government deficit in 2012 of 4.5% of GDP, the French Prime Minister Francois […]