July 29, 2013 protest at McDonald's in New York City. Photo by Annette Bernhardt

Minimum Wage Policy in the United States

The introduction of minimum wages in the United States The early 1930s were the years of the Great Depression, an economic recession that affected  the United States as well as most of the European metropolises. This crisis led many countries to enact social policies or reevaluate those in place to protect workers and stimulate the industry. … Continue reading Minimum Wage Policy in the United States

The economist and the doctor: Jean Tirole’s parallel and contrast

Both of us, Patrice and Gatien, have started to read the recent book (May 2016) of Jean Tirole, a French economist, Nobel Prize in Economics in 2014, entitled Economics of the Common Good (published in French: "Économie du bien commun"). In the first pages, we come across a parallel between economics and medicine, that calls … Continue reading The economist and the doctor: Jean Tirole’s parallel and contrast