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SINGAPORE ECONOMIC FORUM

On 25 and 26 January, the Singapore Economic Forum will immerse you in the Indo-Pacific region’s economic challenges, gathering leading economic, political, and institutional figures from Europe and Asia...

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Kigali Economic Forum

On 27 and 28 November, the first edition of the Kigali Economic Forum will bring together many of the continent’s leading economic, political and institutional figures on the theme of “In times of crisis, what are Africa’s opportunities?”...

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Les Rencontres Économiques d'Aix-en-Provence

The Rencontres return from 7 to 9 July. 3 days of debates in the heart of the Parc Jourdan in Aix-en-Provence on the theme: Renewing hope...

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Singapore Economic Forum Indo-Pacific: Shaping the World Order 25 January 2024 | INSEAD Asia Campus

On 25 and 26 January, join us for the third edition of "Les Rencontres Économiques de Singapour - Singapore Economic Forum". This unique event will immerse you in the Indo-Pacific region's economic challenges. Leading economic, political, and institutional figures . . .

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Kigali Economic Forum Kigali Economic Forum 27 November 2023 | Kigali Convention Center, KG 2 Roundabout, Kigali, Rwanda

"The 21st century could be - and must be - Africa's century". Echoing the words of Antonio Guterres, the Rencontres Économiques will be holding its first edition in the heart of East Africa, in Kigali, on 27 and 28 November. This . . .

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Les Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2023 7 July 2023 | Parc Jourdan, Aix-en-Provence

On 7, 8 and 9 July 2023, the Rencontres will bring together over 360 speakers on the theme of "Renewing hope" 3 days of free debates open to all Business leaders, academics, heads of state and government, trade union representatives . . .

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Rencontres Économiques of Washington 24 January 2023 | 4101 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20007, États-Unis

The Event The world is facing an accumulation of crises: after the pandemic, the return of war in Europe and inflation, the threat of recession and the questioning of global value chains. In this context of major upheavals, international relations . . .

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Les Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2022 Successfully transforming the world 8 July 2022 | Aix-en-Provence & Online

Find the latest news about REAix2022 on the event's website   Throwback to the 22nd edition: "Successfully transforming the world" For this 22nd edition, the Rencontres Économiques d'Aix-en-Provence brought together more than 5,500 people, including . . .

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Best Young Economist of France 2022 Best Young Economist of France 2022

Eric Monnet, 39, is the winner of the 2022 Prize After studying at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon, he defended his thesis in 2012 at EHESS and PSE, and it won several international prizes (Economic History Association Prize . . .

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Les Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2021

JULY 2-4, 2021 | AIX-EN-PROVENCE & ONLINE   The 2021 Rencontres Économiques will take place on July 2, 3 and 4, 2021, live from Aix-en-Provence, on the theme "Embracing the future, together". During 3 days, the . . .

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Best Young Economist of France 2021

Xavier Jaravel, 31, Associate Professor at the London School of Economics, is the winner of the 2021 Prize The jury of the Prize, composed of members of the Cercle des économistes and the editors of the newspaper Le Monde, after . . .

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Les Rencontres Économiques Aix en Seine 2020 Dealing with world disorders - We're going to make it! 3 July 2020 | Maison de la Radio

Dealing with world disorders - We're going to make it! Les Rencontres Économiques Aix en Seine 2020 were held on July 3,4,5 from the Maison de la Radio on the theme: "Dealing with world disorders - We're going . . .

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Best Young Economist of France 2020 Best Young Economist of France 2020

Isabelle Méjean, 39 years old, professor at the Ecole Polytechnique, is the winner of the 2020 Prize. The jury of the Prize, composed of members of the Cercle des économistes and the editorial board of the newspaper Le Monde . . .

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“The Dakar Consensus” – International Conference – “Africa Sustainable Development & Sustainable Debt” 2 December 2019 | CICAD DAKAR

At the initiative of the Cercle des économistes, the Dakar International Conference on "Sustainable Development & Sustainable Debt: Finding the Right Balance" was held on 2 December 2019. This day of reflection, co-organized by the President of Senegal, the . . .

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Les Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2019 Renewing Trust ! 5 July 2019 | Aix-Marseille Université

RENEWING TRUST ! 5, 6 & 7  July 2019   In order to reconnect with trust, and provide an answer to growing pessimism, solutions still need to be invented. This spleen, strengthened by all the metamorphoses impacting our world, leads to . . .

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Best Young Economist of France 2019 Best Young Economist of France 2019 13 May 2019 | Ministère de l'Enseignement Supèrieur et de la Recherche

The 2019 Best Young Economist Award is awarded by Le Monde and Le cercme des économistes. She received her Prize on May 13 from the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Mrs Frédérique Vidal. Stefanie Stantcheva, 33 . . .

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Les Rencontres Économique in Singapore New horizons for the world economy 14 March 2019 | Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy - 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772

Rencontres Économiques in Singapore 2019 “New Horizons for the World Economy ” “Les nouveaux horizons de l’économie mondiale” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwYBC9wXYjI While globalization has been accelerating, voices arise against an ever more integrated global economy. Innovation . . .

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Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2018 The World's Metamorphoses 6 July 2018 | Aix-en-Provence

“THE WORLD’S METAMORPHOSES” 6, 7 AND 8 JULY 2018   A precursor theme, marker for the global economic discussion. In order to choose the new edition theme and program, all 30 members of Le Cercle des économistes have led an . . .

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Best Young Economist of France 2018 Best Young Economist of France Award 28 May 2018 | Banque de France

Gabriel Zucman, 31 ans  professeur à l'Université de Berkeley en Californie est le lauréat de la 19e édition du Prix du Meilleur Jeune Economiste, créé en 2000 par le Cercle des économistes et Le Monde. Les 3 économistes nomin . . .

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Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2017 In search of new forms of prosperity 7 July 2017 | Aix-en-Provence

In search of new forms of prosperity 7, 8 et 9 juillet 2017 Confronted to the main issues that are shaping our world, we will address the forms of a renewed prosperity which is not anymore the only result of . . .

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Best Young Economist of France 2017 Prix du Meilleur Jeune Economiste 22 May 2017 | Auditorium de la Banque de France, 31, rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs - 75001 PARIS

Agé de 39 ans, Antoine Bozio dirige à Paris l’Institut des politiques publiques. Il est maître de conférences à l’EHESS et chercheur associé à Paris School of Economics et à l’Institute for Fiscal Studies de Londres. Normalien, il a . . .

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Rencontres Économiques in Singapore Europe and the Asian Century: Keys for the World Economy 24 November 2016 | ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific, 5 Nepal Park, Singapour 139408

Inspired by Les Rencontres d’Aix-en-Provence in France, the first edition of Les Rencontres Économiques in Singapore -  France-Singapore Economic Forum -will be organize by le Cercle des économistes, in collaboration with ESSEC Business School, the Economic Society . . .

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Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2016 In A World Of Turmoil, What is A Nation For ? 1 July 2016 | Aix-en-Provence

In a World of Turmoil, what is a Nation for? 1, 2 & 3 july 2016 The 16th edition of Les Rencontres économiques d’Aix-en-Provence will be dedicated to the role of a country in a globalized world . . .

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Best Young Economist of France 2016 Best Young Economist of France Prize 23 May 2016 | Sénat

Camille Landais: Best Young Economist of France 2016 Camille Landais is a professor at The London School of Economics and Political Science. Co-editor at the Journal of Public Economics, alumni of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, he completed his . . .

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GE’s Paris Garage Energy Transition: A Model of Society? 29 October 2015 | Espace Commines

Roundtable Cercle des économistes – Energy Transition: A Model of Society? Energy transition, at the heart of the fight against climate change, is a change of the global “economic model” responding to the need to produce wealth while emitting less CO2 . . .

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Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2015 What if work were the key ? 3 July 2015 | Aix-en-Provence

For three days, 220 people from 30 different countries and a wide diversity of backgrounds have talked about employment as a source of wealth and opportunity. On Friday, the general framework of the three-day meeting was established. On Saturday . . .

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Best Young Economist of France Award 2015 Best Young Econommist of France Award 18 May 2015 | Sénat

Pascaline Dupas : Best Young Economist of France 2015 On May the 18th, Pascaline Dupas, Associate Professor of Economics at Stanford University, received the Best Young Economist of France Award 2015 for her work on education and health policies in Africa . . .

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Best Young Economist of France 2015 Best Young Economist of France Award 18 May 2015 | Sénat

Pascaline Dupas : Prix de la Meilleure Jeune Economiste 2015 Le 18 mai 2015, Pascaline Dupas, Professeure associée à l’université de Stanford, a reçu le Prix 2015 du Meilleur Jeune Economiste pour ses travaux portant sur les politiques de . . .

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Economic Rendez-vous of the Mediterranean 2014 What contribution the Social and Solidarity Economy can it provide to the development in the Mediterranean ? 8 November 2014 | Marseille

“What contribution the Social and Solidarity Economy can it provide to the development in the Mediterranean ?” Organization: The tenth conference of RV Med, organized by the Institute of the Mediterranean/Femise & the Cercle des économistes will be held in . . .

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Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2014 Invest and Invent Tomorrow 4 July 2014 | Aix-en-Provence

After a long period of economic development and expansion, the world is at a turning point in its history. The 14th annual conference of “Les Rencontres économiques d’Aix-en-Provence” was focused on the topic "invest and invent tomorrow . . .

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Best Young Economist of France Award 2014 Best Young Economist of France Award 2014 26 May 2014 | Sénat

The Best Young Economist of France Award, organised by the Cercle des Économistes and Le Monde, aims at rewarding academic excellence, innovation capacity and contribution to the public debate. The Best Young Economist of France Award 2014 was handed to . . .

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Rencontres Économiques de Casablanca 2014 Is Africa the World's Future ? 9 April 2014 | Casablanca

The Cercle des économistes organised the first edition of the Rencontres Économiques de Casablanca with the topic : « Is Africa the World's Future ? ». These Rencontres were held onthe 9th and 10th of April at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Initiated by . . .

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Economic Rendez-vous of the Mediterranean 2013 9 November 2013 | Marseille

“For a Mediterranean of Creativity and Innovation: an ambition for the Youth” The 9th Economic Rendezvous of the Mediterranean were held at the Villa Méditerranée in Marseille on Saturday, November 9th, 2013 concluding the Mediterranean Economic Week in . . .

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Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2013 The Clash of Times 5 July 2013 | Aix-en-Provence

The World Economy, between Emergencies and the Long Term The world economy has a past, a present, and a future. But it is also made up of a myriad of different approaches to time. Countries, cultures, sectors of activity conform . . .

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Best Young Economist of France Award 2013 Best Young Economist of France Award 2013 27 May 2013 | Sénat

The Best Young Economist of France Award, organised by the Cercle des économistes and Le Monde, aims at rewarding academic excellence, innovation capacity and contribution to the public debate. The Best Young Economist of France Award 2013 was handed to . . .

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Economic Rendez-vous of the Mediterranean 2012 20 October 2012 | Marseille

"New powers, new economic programs in the Mediterranean" Rarely the situation of the Mediterranean has seemed so uncertain. On one side the unprecedented economic crisis and on the other a political revolution which seeks stability. This exceptional situation should allow . . .

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Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2012 What if the Sun Also Rises in the West... 6 July 2012 | Aix-en-Provence

The New Global Dynamics Over the last 10 years, there has been a strong belief forming of the final shift in economic and eventual political power from OECD countries to emerging nations. The purpose of the 12th Rencontres Économiques d . . .

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Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2011 The States of the World 8 July 2011 | Aix-en-Provence

We have now reached the end of an economic cycle. After 30 years of attempting to reform the State and discussing its role, one question remains. Is the comeback of State interventions these last few years a passing trend, a . . .

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Articles in English

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Fighting the recession to avoid fragmentation of the world Gayle SMITH   |   27 January 2023

As international institutions predict an economic slowdown in 2023, Gayle Smith warns of the risks of a recession in developed and developing countries. Fragmentation of the world, increase of extreme poverty and famine, decrease of development aid... Gayle Smith advocates . . .

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The Statement of the Rencontres Économiques #AixenSeine Cercle des économistes   |   5 July 2020

DEALING WITH WORLD DISORDERS - WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT!  The Cercle des économistes’ roadmap: 15 proposals in 8 axes to address the crisis At the end of 3 days of intense debate, the Cercle des économistes unveils the proposals . . .

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Final declaration REAix2019 Cercle des économistes   |   7 July 2019

RENEWING TRUST ! This final statement from Le Cercle des économistes is a call to reason, to greater lucidity and most of all, a call to action in order for us to face the great disruptions of our time, be they . . .

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Five urgent challenges for Le Cercle des économistes : Final declaration REAix2018 Jean-Hervé LORENZI (président)   |   8 July 2018

Over the past few months, the troubled atmosphere in the world has often been analyzed in too simple a way. As history has often proven, what seems to be permanent is just a short phase in our trajectory. Whether in . . .

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12 proposals for a social compact of progress : Final Declaration REAix2017 Jean-Hervé LORENZI (président)   |   9 July 2017

12 PROPOSALS FOR A SOCIAL COMPACT OF PROGRESS The challenges raised by the Rencontres Economiques d’Aix 2017 are strikingly urgent.  Technological change and globalization have brought about unprecedented wealth, but with its long ignored suffering: democracies in jeopardy, unequal . . .

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Options for a Euro-area fiscal capacity Jean PISANI-FERRY   |   10 January 2013

Europe has responded to the crisis with strengthened budgetary and macroeconomic surveillance, the creation of the European Stability Mechanism, liquidity provisioning by resilient economies and the European Central Bank and a process towards a banking union. However, a monetary union . . .

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Publications in English

Progress or Freedom Jean-Hervé LORENZI (président)   |   7 November 2019

Technological dominance is shifting the balance of global economic stability. This is the central premise behind the latest book from Lorenzi and Berrebi who view the rise of artificial intelligence, robotics, use of private data, and genetic transformation, among other . . .

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Between China and France : Multi-colored roads Jean-Paul BETBÈZE   |   8 April 2019

Like a prism deflecting a bearm of white jight into multiple colored rays and wavelengths, this essay commissioned to Jean-Paul Betbeze by the Fondation Prospective et Innovation examines the chances presented to and by France as China rises into . . .

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The Factory-Free Economy Lionel FONTAGNÉ   |   2017

The Factory-Free Economy Outsourcing, Servitization, and the Future of Industry  Lionel Fontagné & Ann Harrison Oxford De-industrialization, accelerated by the financial crisis, is a long term process. The comparative advantage of emerging economies shifted towards more advanced goods . . .

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A Violent World Jean-Hervé LORENZI (Fondateur), Mickael BERREBI   |   30 March 2016

During the 1990s Francis Fukuyama announced the end of history. The 2000s showed how it is an illusion to imagine a peaceful world without conflict. In this book, the authors explore how six major constraints are set to fix the . . .

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Global Imbalances and the Collapse of Globalised Finance Anton BRENDER   |   10 February 2010

The world economy is just starting to recover from the most disastrous episode in the history of financial globalisation. Understanding what happened is essential. Anton Brender and Florence Pisani, both economists with Dexia Asset Management and teaching at Paris-Dauphine . . .

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The Great Trade Collapse: Causes, Consequences and Prospects Lionel FONTAGNÉ   |   29 November 2009

When the investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in late 2008, the news sent shockwaves across the global economy. The drop in confidence decimated world trade, leading to what the authors of this book call the Great Trade Collapse . . .

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