Never on Sunday?*
By Xavier Timbeau * Note from the editor: This text was initially published on 10 June 2008 on the OFCE site under the heading “Clair […]
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The onset of deflation
By Xavier Timbeau This text summarizes the April 2013 forecasts of the OFCE. The global economic and financial crisis that began in late 2008 is […]
What is the value of the fiscal multipliers today?
By Xavier Timbeau We inherited higher public deficits and greatly increased public debts from the crisis (Table 1). Reducing these will require a major fiscal […]
Pigeons: how to tax entrepreneurial income? (2/2)
By Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau After having proposed in the 2013 Budget Bill to tax gains from the sale of securities at the progressive […]
Pigeons: how to tax capital gains (1/2)
By Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau After having proposed in the 2013 Budget Bill to tax gains from the sale of securities at the progressive […]
The debacle of austerity
By Xavier Timbeau This text summarizes the OFCE’s October 2012 forecasts. The year 2012 is ending, with hopes for an end to the crisis disappointed. […]
Must we choose between saving the planet and exiting the crisis?
By Xavier Timbeau It is up to our generation and those that follow to find a way for 10 billion people to live decently and […]
Friends of acronyms, here comes the OMT
By Jérôme Creel and Xavier Timbeau We had the OMD with its Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark, and now the OMT with its Orchestral Manœuvres […]
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 […]
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 […]