2010 economy days

The life of ideas offers you an overview of the debates organized during the economy days in Lyon in November 2010. Four interviews mention the questions of social housing, financial crises, local management and taxation on inheritance.

During the third edition of the Economy Days, which was held in Lyon on November 9, 10 and 11, 2010, an anthology of conferences and debates led by very diverse stakeholders (economists, business leaders, journalists, political leaders, etc.) was presented.

The life of ideas offers you an overview of the debates through the presentation of four of the November 10 round tables. For each of them, we present an interview carried out with one or two of the participants.

The millefeuille of local management

Thierry Madiès interview

On the sidelines of his participation in the round table “ Local management millefeuille », Thierry Madiès defines this concept and that of competitiveness pole for Laviedesidees.fr. He also returns to competition between local communities and its limits.

Social housing: are quotas and penalties effective ?

Interview with Alain Trannoy and Vincent Renard

Participants of this round table draw up an assessment of the law Sru Ten years after its entry into force. Alain Trannoy and Vincent Renard evoke the possible appeals to strengthen its effectiveness (quotas and penalties).

Taxation on successions

Interview with André Masson

On the sidelines of his participation in the round table “ Very dear inheritance “, André Masson takes stock of the taxation on successions in France and the United States. He also returns to the relations between this taxation and inequalities and economic growth.

Lessons to learn financial crises

Interview with Pierre-Cyrille Hautcœur and André Orléan

Analyzes show that there are similarities between financial crises. They are however very difficult to predict. André Orléan and Pierre-Cyrille Hautcœur answer our questions on this subject and explain what the study of crises in economic science brings.