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Trends-Tendances – The danger zone, August 27 2020
If someone had solemnly said to me at some point in my life: “in ten years time we will look back and realize that humanity is at a turning point at this very moment, and that its survival depends on the great decisions that must be…
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Where is the French revolution on the move heading? by Pierre Sarton du Jonchay
Guest post. The French version is here.
The generalisation of unemployment insurance to all entrepreneurs is a break with ordo-liberalism and a practical and paradigmatic entry into the universal knowledge-based economy. Work recognized as such by labour law is no longer defined as a subordination to an employer who is the sole…
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The Chinese Exception
(Published in French on October 18th 2017 in Le Monde as Qu’est-ce qui met les Chinois de si bonne humeur ? and in L’Écho as L’exception chinoise)
It is hard to imagine that there would be today a people somewhere approving without any soul-searching the policy pursued by its…
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Euractiv.com, Paul Jorion : ‘Jean-Claude Juncker’s moral authority has been damaged’, 14th November 2014
Euractiv.com, Paul Jorion: ‘Jean-Claude Juncker’s moral authority has been damaged’
Does the LuxLeaks scandal represent a risk for the Commission?
Paul Jorion: Jean-Claude Juncker’s moral authority has been damaged. Of course, he hopes his investment plan will bring confidence, and it is a good idea. Especially if it can create employment and give purchasing…
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Medical Breakthrough: Low Dosage “Piketty” Prevents “FT” Fits (II/II), by H. Benisty (co-author with Timiota)
Guest post. The French version can be found here. Special thanks to Serge Boucher for the translation
We’ve shown in the first part of this post that a population of actors effecting “random walks” by betting their wealth daily, or more precisely a modest part of their fortune that lies above the poverty…
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Medical Breakthrough: Low Dosage “Piketty” Prevents “FT” Fits (I/II), by H. Benisty (co-author with Timiota)
Guest post. The French version can be found here. Special thanks to Serge Boucher for the translation
On the subject of wealth concentration and rising inequalities, Thomas Piketty tells us that there is indeed a growing rift, and that the fifties were only an exception. One can always pretend that the Gilded Age gave…
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On Europe, an answer to Mr François Hollande, president of the French Republic, by Pierre-Yves Dambrine
An English translation of Sur l’Europe, en réponse à Monsieur François Hollande, président de la République, par Pierre-Yves Dambrine by Johan Leestemaker
Invited commentary, in response of a tribune de François Hollande published today May 8 in the…
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“The future of the Eurozone from an interest rate standpoint”, European Parliament, November 5, 2013
Here my contribution to European Parliament, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, November 5, 2013, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
The future of the Eurozone can be approached as a logical problem. If not solved, it can at least be significantly clarified when the issue is examined from the single standpoint of…
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European Parliament, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, November 5, 2013, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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A mail exchange about JP Morgan’s “The Euro area adjustment: about halfway there”, Europe Economic Research, 28 May 2013
From : Paul Jorion
Object : The Euro area adjustment: about halfway there
Date : 21 June 2013 21:33:20 UTC+02:00
To : Malcolm Barr, David MackieGood day MM. Barr and Mackie,
I’m writing to you as I receive several mails drawing my attention to the following paragraph of…
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, ninth lecture, 21st February 2013
My ninth lecture: labour and capital, talking about the distribution of newly created wealth, the way to conceptualise this, the political stances deriving from this and the light these shed on ethical perspectives about economic and financial issues.
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VUB: STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE CHAIR, February 27 and 28, 2013
Wednesday, 27 February, 2013 – 19:30 to 21:30
VUB, Etterbeek
Building D
Promotion HallMonica Mächler & Hugues Pirotte
Monica Mächler served since January 2009 until the end of September 2012 as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, after having served as…
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, panel discussion, 25th October 2012
The panel discussion topic was the same as that of the lecture of the day by myself: “Law, Ethics and the business world”. The participants from left to right were: Geert Noels (Econopolis), Ivan Van de Cloot (Itinera), Marc Beaujean (P&V) and Benoît Frydman (ULB). The moderator was Steven Rombaut (vrt).
Unfortunately due to the…
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, fourth lecture, 25th October 2012
Fourth lecture : “Law, Ethics and the business world”.
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, inaugural lecture, 4th October 2012
Some pictures of the audience, of some well-known fixtures of the blog, as well as the introductory speeches of the chair.
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LOTS OF FROTH, by François Leclerc
Guest post. Translated from the French by Tim Gupwell
A brand new development in the history of the ECB has occurred: leaks yesterday revealed the broad outlines of its new sovereign debt securities’ purchase programme. One cannot help thinking that it was necessary to prepare the ground in advance, with the ECB decisions…
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READING LIST FOR THE “STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE” COURSE AT VUB, STARTING OCTOBER 4th
1. Historians of finance
Martin Meyer:
The Bankers, New York: Weybright & Talley, 1974
Markets, New York: Norton, 1988Peter L. Bernstein:
Capital Ideas, New York: Free Press, 1992
Against the Gods. The Remarkable Story of Risk, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 1996Steve Fraser:
Every Man a Speculator. A History…
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LOOK NO FURTHER!, by François Leclerc
Guest post. Translated from the French by Tim Gupwell
In Spain, nearly 220 billion Euros have vanished into thin air during the first quarter. According to the Bank of Spain, foreign investors, but also Spanish ones, are responsible for this massive exodus of capital which concerns loans and deposits, but also share portfolios…
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LE SOIR, ‘The only solution is to pool all the debts’, September 4, 2012
4 September 2012
An interview with Dominique Berns which appeared today in the economy pages of the daily newspaper, LE SOIR.
“To save the Euro, we must mutually pool the debts”
Q : The president of…
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THE DRAWBRIDGE MENTALITY, by François Leclerc
Guest post. Translated from the French by Tim Gupwell
A united front of German banks has opened up, refusing any kind of interference from a supervisory body – in this case the ECB – due to their little idiosyncrasies and their little hidden frailties, but also the risk of being made to contribute…
