Policy entrepreneur
A rumor is currently trending in France: Sarkozy would be the instigator of the launch by Eurex of a new market for derivative on French bonds. For some, the move is intended to stimulate market pressure on french debt and thus give credit to austerity speeches. However, these information are highly subject to misunderstandings and fake informations. You can read my analysis on my english
» Read moreA rumor is currently trending in French media: Sarkozy would be the instigator of the launch by Eurex (pdf) of a new market for derivative on French bonds. For some, the move is intended to stimulate market pressure on french debt and thus give credit to austerity speeches.
» Read moreLast week, The Economist published an astounding piece about the French elections, entitling its weekly magazine “France in denial“. Here is an abstract that will give you a taste: Yet what is most striking about the French election is how little anybody is saying about the country’s dire economic straits. The candidates dish out at least as many promises to spend more
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French press get it wrong about the so called “deal” reached by the Irish government with the ECB and European Commission.
» Read moreOn Thursday, the Irish government announced that it reached a deal about the promissory notes issue, that forces Ireland to pay 3,06 bn euros on march 31st. But this deal actually does not defer any payment neither relieves Ireland from its heavy debt burden. In France, the only newspaper that reported about this information was Les Echos. But their paper is such a misleading
» Read moreLegal limbo, conservativeness of monetary authorities, and lobbying from traditional actors: tomorrow’s finance startups struggle to emerge in France. Read my investigation on the topic here (in french).
» Read moreIn my last contribution for MyEurop.info, i explain why the icelandic bankruptcy case and the last referendum are highly misunderstood.
» Read moreIn a paper written for the french magazine Basta!, I review several experiments of implementations of a basic income scheme. These experiments provide a lot of interesting facts.
» Read moreDefaulting on its debt and exiting the eurozone is certainly the best thing to do for Greece now. However, this won’t fix all the damages Greece experienced these last years of economical dictatorship. Greece needs more than that. Greece needs a new hope: a basic income scheme.
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Here is the english version of an interview with Ben Dyson, founder of Positive Money, an action tank based in London that campaigns for a radical monetary reform. This interview was originally conducted for MyEurop. What does Positive Money advocates for ? Basically, what we claim and denounce is the fact that the vast majority of money is created by
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