Les Chicago BoysDans les années 1970, les Chicago Boys étaient un groupe d’économistes chiliens ultra-libéraux formés à la pensée de Milton Friedman de...
Liberté, Egalité, FragilitéNew Economic Thinking at OECD Last week OECD welcomed the Institute of New Economic Thinking (INET) for their annual conference on...
On ethnic statisticsMy opinion is not yet fully set on the so-called "ethnic" or, as they say in the US, "racial" statistics. From an empiricist'...
Quand la dette d'un Etat est elle considérée soutenable ?Here is my weekly question on France Info (aired on March 18). Quand la dette d'un Etat est elle considérée soutenable ? quand elle est...
Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics at BI Business School, OsloI have now arrived in Oslo for the 23rd Symposium of the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics. This is a conference that I like...
Retour à 2004 ? Les tribulations de la parité euro/dollarThe rapid change in the euro/dollar exchange rate brings us back to the early/mid 2000s and reminds me of one old study I did with other...
Comment appelait-on le Ministre des Finances sous Henri IV ? (France Info)This is my regular France Info question in "Un jour, une question" by Emmanuel Davidenkoff as broadcast today. The link is here. On parle...
A quoi sert la Banque de France, maintenant qu'il existe une Banque Centrale Européenne ?This is a question I had prepared for my regular talks on France Info (Un Jour, Une Question, by Emmanuel Davidenkoff) and ended up not...
My talk at Maastricht University on productivity and employmentI am on my way today to give a talk in the department of Quantitative Economics at the University of Maastricht. This is joint work with...
LA BANQUE CENTRALE EUROPEENNE REAGIT-ELLE TROP TARD?Pour atteindre ses objectifs d'inflation, la BCE doit peser sur les anticipations des agents économiques et donc indirectement sur leurs...
