By Paul GOLDSCHMIDT, former Director at Goldman Sachs International, former Director at the European Commission, member of the Advisory Board of the Thomas More Institute
There is a broad consensus over the fact that the crisis is far from over even if – courtesy the electoral propaganda of the outgoing President– some wish to believe that the worst is over. Similarly, recognition of the need for “growth” is also widely shared even if – courtesy the electoral propaganda of the incoming President– one deliberately overlooks the underlying significant divergences in its interpretation.
Growth is a concept that can be as readily agreed upon as “Motherhood and apple pie” as the saying goes; it is therefore (...)
Benchmarking Note N°13 | April 2012 | Available in French
Comme bien d'autres sujets majeurs, les questions de recherche et d’innovation ont été négligées pendant la campagne présidentielle. Quelques mesures ici ou là sur les PME et sur la fiscalité mais pas de vue d'ensemble sur ces enjeux qui constituent pourtant des facteurs déterminants pour l’avenir de l’économie française et de nos entreprises, donc de la croissance et de l’emploi. Dans un marché mondialisé et de plus en plus compétitif, c’est en proposant des produits innovants que la France, comme toutes les économies développées, doit chercher à développer son rayonnement international et son commerce extérieur. Dans un contexte de crise, il (...)
Globalization, knowledge economy, growth and jobs for tomorrow: the stakes of the R&D are many and multi-form. What places France does it like in the competition of the innovation? Public research and private research are they successful? The comparison with Germany allows to arrest better the weaknesses and the constraints which weigh on the French R&D? Jean-Thomas LESUEUR, CEO of the Thomas More Institute, was the guest of BFM Business, on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012, to evoke these questions important for the future.
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Benchmarking Note N°12 | April 2012 | Available in French
La problématique industrielle, à travers les questions des délocalisations, des fermetures d'usines ou du « produire en France », s'est imposée comme l'un des thèmes de l'élection présidentielle française. Chaque candidat y va de sa ou de ses propositions, de l'allègement de charges à la création d'une banque publique d'investissement, d'un peu de protectionnisme européen à un label garantissant une production française des produits... Le sauve-qui-peut est général et l'on se demande qui aura la baguette magique pour sauver usines, emplois et savoir-faire.
Il faut d'abord se souvenir que l'on sort de trente années de négligence dans la plupart des (...)
The problem of the industry, through the questions of the relocations and the factories closures, stood out as one of the themes of the French presidential election. The industrial production represents no more than 9,3 % of the French GDP, against 15,4 % in Germany. If France was for the same level, it would have 1,4 million industrial jobs more. Where from comes this major failure? Jean-Thomas LESUEUR, CEO of the Thomas More Institute, was the guest of BFM Business, on Tuesday, April 10th, 2012, to speak about it.
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