Economy

Is the pirate strategy, which Boris Johnson is draging the UK into, worth it? International and trade relations have never been a ‘gala dinner’[1], that is a fact. But the bill, approved by the [...]

The crisis of the COVID signals the return of the state and even of strategic Europe. Is that good news for investors? Many years ago, Europe successfully launched the Airbus project; now let us [...]

Europe and Japan have a historical opportunity to reinforce their political and economic ties and take the lead of the “soft powers” In these times of social distancing, it is good to think of [...]

As expected, Jérôme Powell delivered the Fed’s new long-term monetary strategy to Jackson Hole. It leaves a taste of unfinished business. The Jackson Hole Symposium (this year held at a [...]

The rebound in the economy is showing signs of faltering, but not the pandemic. More importantly, both are mutating. With the release of GDP statistics, the summer has brought confirmation of the [...]

It is certainly not the debacle, but Europe is being tested. 80 years on, will Angela Merkel emerge as a modern Churchill? Angela Merkel’s Germany has just taken over the Presidency of the [...]

Reclaiming economic sovereignty, protecting jobs … The virus of protectionism is spreading in doses that are less and less homeopathic. The evidence is more striking every day: the Covid-19 [...]

More than ever, climate change is on the agenda. Investors intend to contribute. Will they have a decisive influence? The confinement reduced the “earth overshoot day” by three [...]

Pandemic, confinement … Big cities are no longer popular, and new technologies could provide some workers with the means to escape it. ” Cities must be put in the countryside, the air [...]

Alberto Alesina advocated for a well understood and well-managed austerity. Against the tide today, will it soon be in the wind? Will there be an “Alesina moment” as there was a [...]