Articles d’intérêt

Aiming for ‘green zones’ offers a clear path to navigate an exit from the pandemic with as little damage as possible. Europe should not miss the opportunity to build on its strength and unity. This opinion piece with nearly 30 signatories was originally published in de Volkskrant, Le Monde, Süddeutsche, La Repubblica, El Pais and Rzeczpospolita on the initiative of Miquel Oliu Barton and Bary Pradelski. Vaccination is a critical element for our way out of the…

Un collectif de médecins, politistes et économistes, dont Cécile Philippe, présidente de l’Institut économique Molinari, signe une tribune publiée dans plusieurs médias européens : France (Le Monde), Allemagne (Süddeustche Zeitung) ; Espagne (El Pais) ; Italie (La Repubblica) ; Pays-Bas (De Volkskrant) ; Pologne (Rzeczpospolita). Si nous voulons en finir avec la pandémie, vacciner est essentiel. Pourtant, cela ne sera pas suffisant. L’espoir de parvenir à l’immunité collective à la fin de l’été…

Article by Noemi Amelynck published on the Epicenter blog. For the fifth consecutive year, France has been the champion of taxation, with the average French citizen paying more than half of their income into the state’s coffers. France’s tax policy remains inefficient and infringes upon the purchasing power of French employees, despite the slight decrease of overall taxation following the yellow vest protests. The fiscal Freedom Day in France falls on…

We often hear that managing a crisis like coronavirus depends on societal choices. The choice would be to save lives or economies. Health and economic data show that reality is much more complex than this simplification of the dilemma. Some countries have managed to accommodate both. Others, like France, have registered both a high mortality rate and a significant economic setback. The French love tackling issues from a moral standpoint.…

We almost pity American federal and state elected officials for having to deal with the situation caused by COVID-19. Overnight, social media users have become self-proclaimed epidemiologists, but it remains difficult to judge whether the measures taken by states and the federal government are too little too late or the right response to a health crisis. In some ways, it is tempting to favour the federal responses to the economic…

Excessively high taxes on production, exceedingly slow authorizations for market launch, and an overbearing bureaucracy. France is ensuring that innovation, especially regarding pharmaceuticals, happens outside of its borders. Opinion piece by Cécile Philippe, president of the Economic Institute Molinari, published in Les Echos. The Sanofi laboratory has recently been the subject of controversy regarding the vaccine it is developing to fight against coronavirus. We do not know yet whether the…

French inadequacies in the face of the COVID-19 crisis are giving rise to a fully fledged attack on globalisation. We are observing an increase in speeches aimed at regaining sovereignty, particularly in the field of health. But the challenge for France is, above all, to address its internal weaknesses. Excerpts from an interview published with the Director of Institut Economique Molinari in Atlantico. Atlantico: What impact does French taxation have on…

Traduction d’un texte d’opinion de Nassim Nicholas Taleb (New England Complex Systems Institute et New York University School of Engineering) et Joseph Norman (New England Complex Systems Institute). Les décisions prudentes adaptées à l’échelle individuelle ne se transposent pas à l’échelle collective. La sécurité collective peut nécessiter une aversion extrême au risque au niveau individuel, même si cela entre en conflit avec nos intérêts personnels et les avantages que l’on peut…

Texte de Jean-Jaurès publié dans L’Humanité le 26 décembre 1909. Le projet des retraites n’a pas encore pris forme définitive au Sénat : le débat n’est pas terminé ; plusieurs articles restent en suspens, et il y aura une deuxième lecture. Mais dès maintenant, on en peut pressentir les traits essentiels. La retraite sera assurée à 65 ans. Elle sera constituée par trois éléments, un versement ouvrier obligatoire, un versement patronal obligatoire, une contribution de l’Etat. L’Etat intervient pour constituer tout de suite, sous…