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At the crossroads of science and society, the Public Outreach unit of the Aix-Marseille School of Economics is committed to sharing economic science with non-specialist audiences, with the aim of shedding light on societal issues and contributing to collective thinking.

A good wife? When marital reputation shapes economic choices

To buy or not to buy? When we weigh the decision to purchase something, a multitude of factors come into play. But is our partner’s opinion among them? This question becomes especially critical in households where incomes are extremely limited. To investigate, three economists recently carried out a large-scale experiment in Malawi.
OCTOBER 6, 2025
OCTOBER 6, 2025

Can the market save the climate?

Only in French - Fanny Henriet (CNRS/AMSE) interviewed on the radio program “Entendez-vous l'éco ?” on France Culture.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2025
SEPTEMBER 29, 2025

Generation TRIBUNE : Céline Gimet on rating agencies

Only in French - Céline Gimet (Sciences Po Aix / AMSE) provides insight in a video for the media La Tribune.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2025
SEPTEMBER 28, 2025

Zucman tax: what tax tools can be used to tax the ultra-rich?

Only in French - Interview with Alain Trannoy (EHESS/AMSE) for the online news site Gomet'.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025

AI-based diagnosis of neurocognitive diseases: “Acceptance starts with the general practitioner”

Only in French - Interview with Bruno Ventelou (CNRS/AMSE) on the medical information website Univadis.fr
SEPTEMBER 24, 2025
SEPTEMBER 24, 2025

From political commitment to populist mechanics

Why are populist speeches so appealing? Why do rigid, sometimes unrealistic promises appear more credible than nuanced commitments? A recent study analyses the strategic mechanisms of a political system hampered by a crisis of trust in institutions.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025

Poverty: this is why the fear of tomorrow felt by millions of French people has roots that are much more complex than changes in their income.

Only in French - Interview with Cecilia García-Peñalosa (CNRS/EHESS/AMSE) and Bertrand Martinot (Institut Montaigne) on the Atlantico website.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2025
SEPTEMBER 13, 2025

€11.2 billion: the ecological services provided by forests are highly profitable

Only in French - Fanny Henriet (CNRS/AMSE), member of the Economic Analysis Council (CAE), in the French magazine Challenges.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025

Can economics save the climate?

Only in French - Fanny Henriet (CNRS/AMSE) on Radio France Internationale's program “Eco d'ici éco d'ailleurs”.
AUGUST 21, 2025
AUGUST 21, 2025

Sovereign wealth funds: powerful tools for stability and influence

Only in French - Christelle Lecourt (AMU/AMSE) on the Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) program “Tout un monde.”
SEPTEMBER 5, 2025
SEPTEMBER 5, 2025

The next generation of economists

Nathan Vieira (AMU/AMSE) speaks on VoxTalks Economics, about the efficiency of short-time work interventions in Europe’s labour markets.
JULY 24, 2025
JULY 24, 2025

Heat waves: what is the economic impact?

Only in French - An interview with Olivier Chanel (CNRS/AMSE) for the newspaper 20 Minutes.
AUGUST 14, 2025
AUGUST 14, 2025

Launch of the Triple Accounting Chair

Only in French - Press review on the Triple Accounting Chair, launched on September 9 by AMSE, Goodwill-management, and the Louis Bachelier Institute.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
SEPTEMBER 9, 2025

The 2026 budget: “If this continues, we will face a situation similar to that in Greece.”

Only in French - Interview with Alain Venditti (CNRS/AMSE) published on the website of the newspaper La Provence.
JULY 14, 2025
JULY 14, 2025

How sovereign wealth funds are reshaping the global economy?

Only in French - Interview with Christelle Lecourt (AMU, AMSE) and Sébastien Jean (CNAM, Ifri) in a video by Les Echos.
JULY 2, 2025
JULY 2, 2025
JULY 15, 2025
JULY 15, 2025

The making of a supply shock: Tariff propagation via domestic production networks

A column by Anastasiia Antonova (AMSE), Luis Huxel (University Of Tuebingen), Mykhailo Matvieiev (AMSE) and Gernot Müller (University Of Tübingen) published in VoxEU.
JULY 8, 2025
JULY 8, 2025

Economists and historians: a love-hate relationship

Only in French - An article by Alain Trannoy (EHESS, AMSE) published in The Conversation.fr
JULY 9, 2025
JULY 9, 2025

Carbon footprint: Not all barrels of oil are equal, and this matters for the energy transition

Only in French - An article by Renaud Coulomb (Mines Paris - PSL), Fanny Henriet (CNRS, AMSE), and Léo Reitzmann (PSE) published in The Conversation.
JUNE 29, 2025
JUNE 29, 2025