Economics and Finance All books

Philippe Aghion, Gilbert Cette, Élie Cohen
Manifesto for a New Economic Policy
A vital social and economic programme

Martin Collet
Is Taxation Confiscation?
Who should decide on the legitimacy of taxation? The Law’s reply to a social issue

Pascal Lamy
when France will wake
A new view of France by Pascal Lamy, former director-general of the World Trade Organisation and an expert on international trade issues

Paul Jorion
Understanding Our Times
A brilliant, iconoclastic work by the anthropologist and sociologist Paul Jorion

Philippe Durance
Strategic Foresight in Action
A book that argues in favour of social change, the rational development of governance and sustainable development

Pascal Salin
Tax Tyranny
Some radical recommendations by an eminent economist for an end to the arbitrary and destructive nature of French fiscal policy

Michel Godet
Freeing the Job Market
Unemployment in France can be brought down to 5%. Michel Godet’s method shows how to ‘free the job market’

Jacques Lesourne
Europe at Its Twilight? A prospective Essay
What are the strategies that can halt Europe’s decline?

Jacques Lesourne, Denis Randet
The Research and Innovation in France FutuRIS 2013
The latest on research and innovation in France, described in the 2013 edition of FutuRIS’s annual opus

Christian de Perthuis, Pierre-André Jouvet
Green Capital
The indispensable book to understand the green economy and boost economic growth

Christian Saint-Étienne
The iConomic Revolution France Faces the Third Industrial Revolution
Following the success of France: Etat d’urgence, a new polemical work on the state of the French economy, by Christian Saint-Etienne

Karine Berger, Valérie Rabault
France Strikes Back For a More Competitive France
How can France recover its status as one of the world’s five most competitive nations?

Didier Tabuteau
Health as Political Model
This exemplary X-ray of French healthcare argues for a total overhaul of the system

Jean-Marie Chevalier, Patrice Geoffron
Energy Transitions Making the Right Choices
French leaders need to make the right energy choices — if they don’t the current economic crisis will only become worse

Michel Aglietta, Thomas Brand
A New Deal for Europe
This book poses a burning question: is European construction still a common goal, shared by all the E.U. states and legitimised by their citizens?

Daniel Pinto
The Clash of Capitalisms How we were deprived of our entrepreneurial genius and what we can do to reinvent it
Does capitalism still have a future? This book shows that it does, but only if it retrieves the formula that led to its success: the spirit of enterprise coupled with state support.

Observatoire des cadres
What Use Is Management? Questioning management tactics
What is management’s future role in a rapidly changing business world?

Jacques Fournier
The Economics of Needs
France’s public service scrutinised by a high-ranking civil servant

Jean-Joseph Boillot, Stanislas Dembinski
Chindiafrique The Three Giants That Will Make Tomorrow’s World
An indispensable essay on future economic trends for anyone wishing to understand tomorrow’s world

Christian Saint-Étienne
France : emergency A strategy for tomorrow
The Real Solution to Exit the Economic Crisis

Jean-Marc Daniel
8 Lessons in Economic History
A masterly lesson in economics based on history and examples

Michel Godet, Alain Lebaube, Philippe Ratte
Good News in France
“Once upon a time, there was a marvellous country called France, famed for its geographic and geologic variety as well as for its rich heritage and the diversity of its cultural traditions...

Bertrand Fragonard
In Defence of Social Protection
Does the French Social Security system overspend? In the context of the economic crisis and the need to master public spending...

Christian Saint-Étienne
Europe’s Wild Card The Real Solution to Exit the Economic Crisis
Christian Saint-Etienne argues that the European project was built on a fallacious concept from the start. The premises were false and Europe has become the world’s “soft underbelly”.

Jacques Lesourne
Reflecting on the Future
Instead of describing a ready-made methodology, the author, an eminent prospectivist, shows us how to picture the future.

Bill Clinton
Back to Work Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
“There is simply no evidence that we can succeed in the twenty-first century with an antigovernment strategy,” based on “a philosophy grounded in ‘you’re on your own’ rather than ‘we’re all in this together.’ ” Bill Clinton

Didier Lombard
The Irresistible Ascension Of Digital Europe and the rest of the world
What are Europe’s advantages in the digital race against Asia and the U.S.? And what is at stake?

Étienne Wasmer, Marc Ferracci
Modern State, Effective State
Citizens need a clearer picture of public spending — which makes evaluation absolutely necessary.

Jacques Lesourne, Denis Randet
Research and Innovation in France FutuRIS 2011
With a view to the 2011 French presidential elections, here are a series of proposals that offer the middle classes the future perspectives they deserve

Philippe Moati
The New Marketing Revolution
Supermarkets are changing their selling tactics to focus increasingly on the customer — and in the process our daily habits are being transformed

Barry Eichengreen
Exorbitant Privilege The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System
As the dollar keeps falling, and in the run-up to the G20 summit, what are the options to reform the international monetary system? Barry Eichengreen urges the creation of a multipolar system