Publications
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Juil- 2006 -14 juillet
Haro on cartels
Article published exclusively on the Institut économique Molinari's website. 344 million euros. This is the fine inflicted by the European Commission on 31 May on five chemical companies accused of colluding between 1997 and 2002 on the price of acrylic glass, better known under the name of Plexiglas.
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12 juillet
Sustainable development: a nonsensical prescription vis-à-vis the exhaustion of oil
Article published exclusively on the Institut économique Molinari's website. Sustainable development week took place in France from 29 May to 4 June, under the auspices of the ministry for ecology. These celebrations are certainly the occasion to reflect on the significance of the concept of sustainable development and on its practical implications.
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Juin- 2006 -29 juin
L’Europe et sa drôle de politique anti-trust
Article publié par L'Écho le 29 juin 2006.
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27 juin
Is economic patriotism needed?
Article published exclusively on the Institut économique Molinari's website. As a large wave of takeovers has gained all of Europe, it awoke the old demons of protectionism in the form of economic patriotism. It is a matter of reinforcing the regulation or to see takeovers forbidden in order to preserve the nationality of companies and employment.
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23 juin
The false virtues of energy independence
Article published exclusively on the Institut économique Molinari's website. "The State must ensure the energy independence of the nation." This is one of the most usual justifications of "economic patriotism" in the energy field. It was recently used to support the French government’s decision to merge GDF and Suez, blocking a possible takeover by the Italian Enel on the latter.
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20 juin
Développement durable: fausse prescription face au pétrole
Article publié par l'Agefi le 19 juin 2006.
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13 juin
Des vices cachés dans la procédure d’autorisation de mise sur le marché des médicaments
Note économique / Juin 2006
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13 juin
Hidden defects in the authorisation procedure of placing drugs on the market
Economic Note / June 2006
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6 juin
The anti-tobacco campaign and its contradictions
Article published exclusively on the Institut économique Molinari's website. Many governments in North America and Europe have moved toward a ban on cigarette smoking in public places, or are planning to do so. After Ireland in March 2004, Italy in January 2005 and Sweden in June 2005, France may fall under the same prohibition laws. For the first time in this country, such a proposal has begun to be discussed…
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1 juin
Un service civil obligatoire peut-il contribuer à l’insertion des jeunes ?
Article publié par L'Écho le 30 mai 2006.
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