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Property tax: why is the respite in 2026 paving the way for future increases?

Alain Trannoy (EHESS, AMSE) interviewed by La Provence (only in French)

SEPTEMBER 9, 2026

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‘The planet is sailing into uncharted waters’: from Indonesia to Peru, several continents are already feeling the effects of the El Niño phenomenon.

Gilles Dufrénot (Sciences Po Aix, AMSE) interviewed by France Info (only in French)

SEPTEMBER 4, 2026

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Cancel the debt? “It will start rising again as early as next year.”

An op-ed by Guillaume Bazot (Aix-Marseille University, AMSE) published by Les Echos (only in French)

SEPTEMBER 2, 2026

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A budgetary ordeal for Sébastien Lecornu

Olivier Chanel (CNRS, AMSE) guest on France Culture's news program to discuss the cost of heatwaves (only in French)

AUGUST 31, 2026

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"An Inheritance-Sovereignty Plan to Finance France's Future"

An op-ed by Philippe Aghion, Nobel laureate in Economics, and four economists, including Alain Trannoy (EHESS, AMSE) - only in French.

AUGUST 31, 2026

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The Sequencing of Climate Policies: When the Order of Priorities Becomes a Matter of Economic Survival

An article by Marion Davin (AMU, AMSE), Mouez Fodha (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, PSE) and Thomas Seegmuller (CNRS, AMSE) - only in French.

AUGUST 12, 2026

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"Rising debt ratios are not a problem if matched by investment in future-oriented assets"

An op-ed by Gilles Dufrénot (Sciences Po Aix, AMSE) in Le Monde (only in French)

AUGUST 21, 2026

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Toward an Agency for Ecological Transition

Interview with Alain Trannoy (EHESS, AMSE) with Esprit review.

JULY 20, 2026

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When France’s Légion d’honneur awards move stock prices: A market signal of political access

Two articles by Stéphane Benveniste (University of Paris 1, CES, AMSE) and Marc Sangnier (Aix-Marseille University, AMSE) published in VoxEU (CEPR) and The Conversation.

JULY 13, 2026

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Climate or the economy? Better not to choose

An op-ed by Thomas Seegmuller (CNRS, AMSE) and Raphael Casteu (AMSE) published in La Provence newspaper.

JULY 6, 2026