Emmanuel Macron unveils €30bn plan to boost French industries
October 12, 2021 Here again we are in the French industrial planning at its best (pick the winners). The state does not have to invest in...
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« Climat des affaires » : Avis de tempête sur le FMI, l’affaire Georgieva
Jean-Pierre Dumas 12 octobre 2021 Kristalina Georgieva has denied the allegations over China’s ranking in a report and come out fighting...
Auf Wiedersehen, Madame Merkel
Il faudrait envoyer cette photo à l’Élysée Jean-Pierre Dumas 25 sept. 2021 Mme Merkel semble être un modèle de conservateur, c’est-à-dire...
La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure
Jean-Pierre Dumas jeudi 23 septembre 2021 France is certainly not a big country in the world (2.3% of world total GDP, same size as the...
Une règle budgétaire pour la France
Jean-Pierre Dumas jeudi 16 septembre 2021 La crise est passée, c’est le temps de la reprise, il est temps de fixer de nouvelles règles...
The fiscal rules fight is open
Two countries, two different views on fiscal rules, one (France, with others) is for more flexibility and considers that the Maastricht...
The ambiguity of foreign aid and the consultant’s job
In memory of Del Singh Dharmender Singh Phangurha, better known as Del, was one of two Britons among the dead in a suicide attack in...
L’écriture inclusive ou le triomphe du ressentiment
Jean-Pierre Dumas Paris, lundi 25 juin 2018 L’écriture inclusive ou le triomphe du ressentiment Jean-Pierre Dumas Paris, lundi 25 juin...
Où va le Pérou ?
Le nouveau Président Castillo devant le Congrès lors de son inauguration Jean-Pierre Dumas 31/07/2021 L’élection de Pedro Castillo comme...
To taper or not to taper ?
"To taper or not to taper"? Jean-Pierre Dumas 15 juillet 2021 “Taper’’ en anglais signifie réduire progressivement. Réduire quoi ? Les...
Prof Rodrik response
Thank you for sending us your critique. We appreciate your candid views. But I must say that I disagree with your premise. The approach...
The French bidding constraint has nothing to do with more taxes on inheritance
Jean-Pierre Dumas Monday, July 12, 2021 Once upon a time there was an economist called D. Rodrik who published, with R. Hausman & A....
The ECB has a new strategy
“The ECB shifts strategy to avoid premature rate rises”, July 9, 2021, what a new! The first new ECB strategy “for nearly two decades”...
The US is ready to waive the right to enforce their intellectual property on covid vaccines
Katherine Tai, the top US trade envoy, © Getty Images, FT May 8 2021. “The story behind Biden's decision to back a suspension of Covid...
Fiscal rules are important as far as they are limited (to one) and complied with
Jean-Pierre Dumas Wednesday, March 3, 2021 The European Commissioner for economic affairs is thinking about new fiscal rules for Eurozone...
The distribution of IMF quotas to poor countries is welcome
The US Treasury Secretary’s proposal of a new IMF’s allocation of SDR (about $500 bn, one fifth of the new fiscal deficit she proposes...
Finally, populism (leftwing of course) is not that bad
Jean-Pierre Dumas February 15, 2021 We use the Rodrik's interview, in the FT, February 15, 2021, to make a comment on populism. According...
Pourquoi il n’y aura pas d’harmonisation fiscale en Europe
Jean-Pierre Dumas 23 janvier 2021 C’est un thème récurrent de la part des politiques, et des pros européens, il faut une harmonisation...
Not so fun
Jean-Pierre Dumas Friday, January 8, 2021 Figure 1 A clown at the Congress… At the beginning I was shocked, as everybody, by the storming...
Faut-il rapporter les dépenses publiques au PIB ?
Jean-Pierre Dumas Révisé Lundi 11 anvier 2021 Nous remercions Gérard Néel et M. Francis Malherbe pour leurs commentaires (tous les deux...