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The German Economy on the Eve of the General Election
Working Paper
by Nicolas Bouzou, Jérôme Duval-Hamel, Monday 21 September 2009
With the country in the grip of a recession, economic issues have dominated Germany’s federal election campaign. The campaign has focused on the economic and financial crisis, taxes and the funding of...
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Four Proposals to Stem the Tide of Protectionism in Europe
Working Paper
by Nicolas Bouzou, Tuesday 31 March 2009
Since the banking and financial crisis began, increasingly loud calls have been made for protectionist measures at the European level. While calls for protectionism are common in this type of situation,...
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From 29 January to 19 March: Civil Service vs. Civil Society?
Working Paper of the survey "The French and the protest movement of 29 January"
by Dominique Reynié, Thursday 19 March 2009
Trade unions called for a new day of strikes and demonstrations for all professions on 19 March, focusing on the themes of employment, public services and purchasing power. This protest day followed the...
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Greening Economic Growth: Towards a Global Strategy for Europe
Study
by Damien Tresallet, Elvire Fabry, Wednesday 26 November 2008
In the context of an unstable global economy, three of the principal polluting nations China, India and the United States have, up to now, been reluctant to ratify any binding agreement on climate...
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Externalization: A Strategy for Refocusing the State on Its Core Competencies
Special Report
by Frédéric Rouvillois, Wednesday 9 April 2008
Externalization, as used here, is the notion of the State “relieving” itself of its duties to avoid the cost and red tape of an overly cumbersome administrative apparatus, referred to in some quarters...
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The Environment: Banking on the Innovation Economy
Working Paper
by Geneviève Ferone, Jean-Didier Vincent, Thursday 8 November 2007
Twenty years: that is the timeframe that we have adopted to restore the Earth’s climate. If we fail, our countries will be unable to survive the three-fold population, global warming and energy crisis...
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Delocalizations: Political Challenges of a Still Not Well Understood Phenomenon
Working Paper
by Raphaël Wintrebert, Wednesday 1 August 2007
Free trade, the prevailing economic policy for over fifty years, is being called into question in South America, the United States and France. At the core of the apprehension lies China, whose increasingly...
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Measuring Happiness
Working Paper
by Raphaël Wintrebert, Tuesday 24 April 2007
Is it necessary, or even feasible, to measure a country’s wealth in other ways than by its GDP? After being a fad in the 1970s and neglected during the 1980s and 1990s, “welfare” studies are once again...
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What tax policy to boost the Single Market?
Study
, Wednesday 25 October 2006
Europe is going through a major crisis, whose most recent and visible outcome is the French and Dutch rejection of the European Constitution. The "evil" is deep-rooted: economic growth in the European...
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