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— Environment & Energy
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Is the reduction of the carbon price a problem?
Is the downward trend in the carbon price positive? While a high price is a lever in the fight against global warming, a downward dynamic can reflect the...
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Green funds: should emitting sectors be banned or “best in class” encouraged?
Stocks, bonds, real estate funds... More and more investments are offering to support the energy transition. For Patrice Geoffron, the greening of finance is now unavoidable and guided...
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Climate Transition and Private Equity
To finance the energy transition, one player stands out: Private Equity, reports Philippe Trainar. Studies on the climate transition are multiplying, invariably repeating the message that this transition...
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Climate Transition and Private Equity
To finance the energy transition, one player stands out: Private Equity, reports Philippe Trainar. Studies on the climate transition are multiplying, invariably repeating the message that this transition...
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What does the future hold for the automotive industry in Europe?
The automotive industry is undergoing two major transformations. The transformation underway is at the heart of a global geostrategy in which Europe must take part. Contrary to what...
— Finance
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Will the ECB drag the Fed along
At the beginning of June, the European Central Bank began to lower its key rates, without waiting for a move from its American counterpart, the Fed. Is Europe...
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Will TotalEnergies be popular in New York?
Tired of the lack of appetite of European investors for the oil and gas sectors, the boss of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné, is tempted by the New York Stock...
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Financial markets: are we heading for a bubble?
Financial markets are flying from record to record. How far, and is it at the risk of creating an explosive bubble? Jean-Paul Betbeze explains why the world's major...
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The Debate | Should superprofits and superdividends be taxed?
To make up part of the public deficit, the government is preparing to open the hunt for pensions. The contours of these "rents" are not yet precisely defined,...
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Is debt a shameful disease?
Is it a mistake, or even a sin, for the government if the public deficit reaches 5.6% of GDP in 2023 and if the debt stock is close...
— Industry & Innovation
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What does the future hold for bitcoin on the stock market?
Bitcoin has just surpassed $50,000 per unit, before falling back a bit. Does the approval recently given by the US authorities to list this digital asset on the...
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AI, work, new technologies: what are the prospects?
If we had to pick just one piece of tech news in 2023, it's a safe bet that most of us would cite ChatGPT. How can we analyze...
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What does the future hold for the automotive industry in Europe?
The automotive industry is undergoing two major transformations. The transformation underway is at the heart of a global geostrategy in which Europe must take part. Contrary to what...
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Reviving the industry through innovation
Beginning in the 2010s, awareness of the need to reindustrialize France and the effective movement that followed accelerated in the early 2020s with the Covid-19 pandemic and the...
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Reindustrialization: why France has everything to succeed?
In 40 years, France has collectively sacrificed its industry. Devalued compared to services, the French industrial sector has declined over the decades, from 26% of jobs in 1980...
— Jobs & Skills
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Full employment: a goal still achievable?
Full employment remains a priority for France. While a lot of reform has been carried out in this direction, the challenge is still considerable, explains Stéphane Carcillo. See...
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Improving the attractiveness of France for international students
Some countries, such as the United States, Canada and Germany, retain more than 60% of foreign graduates. France is distinguished by a lower retention rate. This is a...
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Three books to understand… The meaning of work
Long before the human sciences, literature was already examining societies and the relationships between the individuals who compose them. Immersing yourself in a novel and following the adventures...
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“Economic research is particularly active in France”
As the call for applications for the 2024 edition of the Best Young Economist Award – the 25th – opened, we invited Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, the first winner of...
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Diego
"A happy employee is an employee who works well!" So why not provide them with a personal assistant who looks after them and their needs during their working...
— Macroeconomics & Public Policy
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Should the public deficit be corrected?
Faced with a French public deficit that exceeds forecasts and highlights an economic outlook that is more restrictive than expected, Patrick Artus identifies the four possible fiscal policy...
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Is Germany Europe’s new weak link?
The contraction in private sector activity in Germany deepened in February. This is another sign of the weaknesses of the German economy, in line with last year's recession....
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The reasons for the disconnect between the United States and Europe
Over the past forty years, the growth differential between the United States and Europe has continued to widen, with a stall worsening after each crisis. While the GDP...
— Our news
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“What a joy to see the creation of a new journal dedicated to the social sciences!”
What a joy to see the creation of a new journal dedicated to the social sciences! For 30 years now, the Cercle des économistes has had the primary...
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Members of the Cercle des économistes pay tribute to Philippe Martin
Philippe Martin has passed away. We, members of the Cercle des économistes, academics, participants in public life, professors at Sciences Po, will now have to learn to do...
— Society
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What room for manoeuvre for a bold social policy?
The prospect of a new government team after the general elections is reshuffling the cards of economic policy. Against the backdrop of the debate around purchasing power and...
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Disarming violence
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Information: a growing demand for a plurality of channels
Television, radio, print or digital press, the majority of the population consults the news on several channels, observes Françoise Benhamou. The General Assembly on Information set up by...
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The France of 60,000 young people
More than a million young people are now left to fend for themselves, without a job, without training, the vast majority of them aspire to only one thing,...
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Finance, currency… if Donald Trump returns?
Donald Trump's candidacy for the US presidential election in November has not yet been declared but seems inevitable. What would happen financially and monetarily if the former president...
— World
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What financial challenges await the new European assembly?
Although the result of the European elections in France turned democratic life upside down with the almost immediate announcement of new legislative elections, the European Parliament's centre of...
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Why does Europe need money?
The prospect of the European elections on 9 June brings to the fore the heavy financial stakes facing Europe. For Jean-Paul Betbeze, these political, ecological and technological issues...
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What can China bring to the global economy?
China has just closed its annual parliamentary session. Leaders in Beijing have vowed to tackle unemployment and the property crisis. Christian Saint-Etienne explains how the government's ambitious growth...
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The Indo-Pacific: a European affair
According to the IMF, the Indo-Pacific will account for 50% of wealth creation in 2050. France, Patrice Geoffron hopes, could play the role of a balancing power, modest...
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For a resilient financial Africa
The African continent is not spared from the crises that hit the world economy, quite the contrary, explains Christian de Boissieu. To find answers to African challenges, the...