L’équipe de la phonothèque vous attend mercredi 17 et jeudi 18 mai, à Marseille, Parc Chanot, Palais de l’Europe pour des ateliers participatifs organisés dans le cadre du salon Innovatives SHS.
Information technology and the digital economy built on it have without a doubt improved our lives in many ways, saving time and sparing drudgery for many. On the surface, the online world represents a break from 20th century capitalism in that it has shaken up vested interests, democratized access to information and given more of a voice to many millions across the globe. More...Eight decades ago in the depths of the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes sparked a revolution with the idea that aggregate demand driven by households, businesses and governments all spending is what propels an economy forward. Contrary to the received wisdom at the time, he asserted that given free reign markets would not lead to full employment, especially during a downturn. More...The European Union will survive if and only if its citizens experience in concrete ways how it makes a difference in their daily lives. At the same time, the European project – and in particular the single currency – needs less visible but just as urgent in-depth reforms if it is to last. More...How inheritances and gifts are taxed is set to become a major issue for French society in the coming years. Not only is the passing of the populous baby-boom generation going to lead to a considerable spike in inheritances, but over the past twenty years private wealth has increased at a much faster rate than income, with the well-o holding the largest share of the pie. More...Despite historically low unemployment and a strong budget surplus, a large number of low-wage earners and a high relative poverty rate paint a mixed picture for Europe’s largest economy and point to an uncertain future. More...Against a backdrop of sluggish growth in Europe and the rest of the world, the French economy is facing weakness on both the demand and supply sides. The risk today is this situation will become self-perpetuating, causing long-lasting damage to the French economy. An increase in investment would bolster demand. More...Perhaps the main preoccupation of governments the world over is ensuring their economies are up to speed and continue to grow, staying on top of technological change and ideally ahead of the curve in market developments. More...The slow-down in productivity and income over the past decade has weakened the European Union’s output legitimacy, which is grounded in delivering prosperity to its citizens. At the same time, decreasing growth reduces the capacity of governments to maintain existing levels of welfare protection and translates into a perception of rising unfairness and inequality across and within EU countries. More...France Stratégie economists Haithem Ben Hassine and Claude Mathieu have carried out an assessment of France’s 71 business clusters, launched in 2004, and their impact on participating companies’ R&D activities. They found that the clusters began to reap the benefits of the policy early on, seeing an increase in total R&D spending by 2007 and in self-financed R&D by 2009. More...
