Next Thursday, Her Majesty people are invited to a referendum regarding United Kingdom exit from the European Union. The issue is in the front page of newspapers, not only in England.  Stock markets are worried and yesterday, Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve chairwoman, was considering it as a risk to the point to probably differ any rate increase in her country during next sumer, increase which was considered as certain three months ago. President Obama launched a formal call in favor of remaining in the Union, but European leaders were less vocal, as they are cautious to avoid creating any negative ...

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The media impact of economic news publications is mainly the result of their predictive nature. It is not new. Since the beginning of humanity, and astrology emergence can testify of it, men are obsessed by what may arrive to them and pay a lot of attention to those who pretend to tell it to them. The success of economics and of the economists is the current version of this phenomenon. There is not a single day without the release of economic forecasts. Due to the necessary delay to gather numbers we are at the point where we forecast or revise ...

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Germany is ageing. And this has consequences on the entire Europe since its needs of public investments are less urgent, its commitment in favor of environment less real, despite appearance, and its calls in favor of saving returns more insistent. At a time when, in France, we are amazed by the youth and the openness of out minister of Economy, -but is it going to last?-, in Germany, Wolfgang Schäuble, 74 years old, receives a full support to protect the interest of aged people.

Germany has laid down its model until now with success, which is based on a ...

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