Being a macroeconomist today – Part 1
The reflection on what a macroeconomist should be today continues. Tomorrow’s macroeconomics will be conditioned by the need to converge towards carbon neutrality. This is the only reasonable hypothesis that…
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Being a macroeconomist today
To be an economist, one must be a theorist, a statistician, a historian and an intellectual. One must feed on the world that is in order to build the world…
A new international order is emerging
A few days before Donald Trump’s arrival at the White House, the feeling shared by all is that the international balance is going to be upset.The global dynamic has long…
AI and inequalities in the labor market
Technological shocks are often seen as causing risky situations in the labour market.This question is old, it was well described by Alfred Sauvy in “The Machine and Unemployment” (1980).The arrival…
Young women at the heart of change in Western societies
Everyone is paying attention to the world that is changing dramatically. Artificial intelligence, electric vehicles and geopolitics are all upheavals that capture our attention on a daily basis. And then…
COP28 – Has the emergency been properly taken into account?
The COP28 in Dubai has just ended with a press release which excites the president of this international meeting but leaves analysts perplexed. Why this duality?The roadmap appears to be…
Positive real interest rate: a new world opens
New regime change on the debt market, inflation and long-term interest rates are now on an equal footing. A little over two years ago, investors had to successively face a…
What impact the extension of the Middle East conflict could have on France?
In the event of conflict in the Middle East, the economic measure of the shock is the oil price profile. On many occasions, the outbreak of conflict results in a drop in production and a significant increase…