Wed 16/12/2015 - 12:00 The notion of economic competitiveness has taken on increased importance as countries have become more and more interconnected by trade and commerce.

Tue 09/02/2016 - 12:00 By Jean Pisani-Ferry. If one considers some of today’s main challenges – including climate change, pensions, public debt, and the labor market – an obvious conclusion emerges: It is relatively much worse to be young today than it was a quarter-century ago. Yet in most countries, the generational dimension is remarkably absent from the political debate. Fifty years ago, people spoke often, and loudly, of a “generation gap.” Today, that gap has become invisible. This is bad for the young, for democracy, and for social justice.

Mon 07/03/2016 - 12:00 When the United Kingdom joined the then-European Economic Community in 1973, it was at the rearguard of European integration. The question raised by the UK’s upcoming referendum on continued European Union membership is whether Britain is now at the forefront of Europe’s disintegration.

Fri 18/03/2016 - 12:00 On March 18, 2016, France Stratégie and the Centre for Prospective Studies and International Information , CEPII, invited Princeton University professor of economics and public affairs and former chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers Alan Krueger to explore the consequences of these profound changes in the job market.

Mon 21/03/2016 - 12:00 The capacity of young, productive and innovative American firms to grow rapidly and undergo fast renewal is one of the explanations behind the productivity and competitiveness gap between Europe and the US (Sode, 2016). As Cincera and Veugelers (2010) put it, Europe suffers from a shortage of “yollies”, or young leading innovators: i.e. the firms that make the productive fabric of the economy dynamic. In effect, a mere 19% of the large firms most active in R&D in France and Europe in 2007 were founded after 1979, whereas in the US the figure is 44%.

Wed 04/05/2016 - 12:00 On August 30, 2013, the United States was about to launch air strikes on Syria, where more than a thousand civilians had died in a sarin gas attack perpetrated by the army of President Bashar al-Assad. But a few hours before the strikes were to commence, US President Barack Obama canceled them, surprising America’s allies. Instead, US diplomats engineered a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whereby Russia would take responsibility for removing chemical weapons from Syria. The Syrian civil war went on, without the US becoming directly involved.

Mon 06/06/2016 - 12:00 If voters in the United Kingdom decide in the country’s referendum on June 23 to leave the European Union, it will not be for economic reasons. They may choose Brexit because they want full sovereignty, because they hate Brussels, or because they want migrants to return home, but not because they expect great economic benefits.

Tue 31/05/2016 - 12:00 On 31 May 2016, France Stratégie and CEPII organized a debate on whether the digital economy is accounted for accurately in GDP. Sir Charles Bean, professor of economics at the London School of Economics and former deputy governor for monetary policy at the Bank of England, was invited to discuss the challenges facing the measurement of production in the wake of his report on the digital economy and statistics for the UK government, published in March 2016. The following article is based on remarks delivered by Fabrice Lenglart at the event.

Wed 21/09/2016 - 12:00 If there was ever a time to revamp the seventeen-year-old monetary union that is the eurozone, many would argue now is that time.