Developments in real estate markets are “confusing” given rising interest rates and uncertain economic prospects, warns an economist from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), who warns against bad habits acquired during the period of low rates. In a number of countries, residential real estate has recently stabilized, or even started to rise, noted Claudio…
Daniel Cohen, in Paris, in June 2015. BRUNO CHAROY / PASCO He could talk with the same greed and the same brilliance about the tennis destiny of Roger Federer, the debt crisis in Africa and the future of our civilization, both prosperous and unhappy. It is a great spirit of the world, the economist Daniel…
Economist Daniel Cohen, in Paris on April 6, 2017 (AFP/Archives/Jacques DEMARTHON) Economist Daniel Cohen, a figure in the academic world and author of numerous essays, died on Sunday at the age of 70, his publisher Albin Michel told AFP, confirming information from the newspaper Le Monde. Known to the general public for his interventions in…
Economist Daniel Cohen, in Paris on April 6, 2017 (AFP/Archives/Jacques DEMARTHON) Author of numerous essays and fine analyst of capitalism, the economist Daniel Cohen died Sunday at the age of 70, the academic and political world mourning the “brilliant researcher” and the “outstanding pedagogue”. Known to the general public for his interventions in the media,…
Daniel Cohen, during a symposium at the Ministry of Finance, in Paris, on January 23, 2015. CHARLES PLATIAU / REUTERS Economist Daniel Cohen, sovereign debt specialist, professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure and founding member of the Paris School of Economics died on Sunday August 20 in Paris, learned The world. He was 70 years…
Ignacy Sachs, October 21, 1972. LOUIS MONIER / BRIDGEMAN IMAGES Ignacy Sachs was born in 1927 in Warsaw, into a Jewish family forced to flee Poland invaded by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, to take refuge first in France, then, in 1941, in Brazil. After his baccalaureate, passed at the French high school in…
Economist on Russia’s economy “The sanctions have failed” 07/18/2023 4:51 p.m Russia’s economy is growing again, salaries are rising. According to economist and Russia expert Vasily Astrov from the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, the state and companies have adapted at an impressive speed to the war of aggression against Ukraine and the Western…
Philippe Trainar, Professor of the Insurance Chair at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts and member of the Cercle des Economistes, believes in an interview with “Le Monde” that climate change represents more of a favorable opportunity than a risk for insurers.source site-30
Some media relay the alleged speech of a French researcher, author of the IPCC, who would have said that “driving at 110 km/h would have no interest” on the motorway. But the reality of his speech is in fact quite different. Porsche Taycan But how could a French economist, author of the 4th and 5th…
Hundreds of thousands of apartments are missing in the metropolitan areas. The economist Steffen Sebastian wants to fight against this and makes a radical proposal: the previously low rents in old contracts should rise. In an interview with ntv.de, he explains how this is supposed to end the shortage on the housing market. Steffen Sebastian…
Denis Kessler, in Paris, in January 2018. JOEL SAGET / AFP May 2021, to everyone’s surprise, Denis Kessler, CEO of SCOR for nineteen years, asks to be relieved of his duties as CEO of the French reinsurer, a year ahead of schedule. And this ” for personal reasons “, without saying more. Renouncing the operational…
Change monetary policy strategy Top economist demands a change of strategy from the ECB 6/2/2023 1:03 p.m Just recently, Christine Lagarde emphasized that the ECB would resolutely stick to its course until inflation was back at two percent. However, DIW boss Fratzscher demands that the ECB should better lift its inflation target. In his opinion,…
