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Thomas Porcher

French economist and author (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thomas Porcher
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Thomas Porcher (born 5 July 1977) is a French economist and author. He is a member of the heterodox association of economists called Économistes atterrés.

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Early life and education

Thomas Porcher's father was a management teacher of Vietnamese origin and his mother a seamstress of Italian origin. He was a black belt of karaté at 16 years old.[1]

After his baccalauréat, Porcher obtained a licence, then a doctorate on Economics at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University.[2]

Career

Porcher is an associate professor of Economics at the Paris School of Business.[3]

He has published more than ten books. His book Treatise of Heretic Economy (released in 2018) is a bestseller in France that has sold more than 50,000 copies.[4] His essay "The neglected" (released in February 2020) makes "a rapid entry into the best sales. Printed in 13,000 copies, it was reprinted in 2000 four days after its release."[5]

Porcher is regularly invited to French media outlets. The RePEc collective ranks him the 38th most followed economist in the world on Twitter, out of 1068 identified economists.[6]

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Political career

In 2018, Porcher along with Raphaël Glucksmann funded and supported the centre-left political party Place Publique ("Public Place").[7]

On 16 March 2019, Place Publique and the Socialist Party announced that they would present a joint list of candidates for the European Parliament election, with Raphaël Glucksmann at the head of the list.[8] Porcher left the party the same day, denouncing what he called a "list of apparatchiks".[9]

Personal life

He was in a relationship with actress Elodie Yung for 14 years.[10] Since 2011, he has been with lawyer Sarah Salesse, daughter of Yves Salesse, a figure of unionism in France.[11]

Publications

  • 2009, Un baril de pétrole contre 100 mensonges, Res publica éditions ISBN 2358100013
  • 2009, Reprise ou Re-crise ?, Res publica éditions ISBN 2358100080
  • 2010, Recettes pétrolières et financement de la lutte contre la pauvreté: le cas de la République du Congo, Éditions universitaires européennes ISBN 6131536031
  • 2012, L'indécence précède l'essence - Enquête sur un Total scandale, Max Milo Éditions ISBN 2315003512[12]
  • 2013, Le Mirage du gaz de schiste, Max Milo Éditions ISBN 2315004667, 2315003512[13]
  • 2014, TAFTA : l'accord du plus fort, Max Milo Éditions ISBN 2315006147
  • 2015, 20 idées reçues sur l'énergie (with R.H. Boroumand, S. Goutte), De Boeck ISBN 280419020X
  • 2015, Le Déni climatique (with H. Landes), Max Milo Éditions ISBN 231500702X
  • 2016, Introduction inquiète à la Macron-économie (with F. Farah), Les Petits matins ISBN 2363832167
  • 2016, Sortir de l'impasse : appel des 138 économistes (collective work), Les liens qui libèrent ISBN 9791020904072
  • 2017, La politique est à nous (collective work), Robert Laffont ISBN 2221200349
  • 2018, Traité d'économie hérétique : en finir avec le discours dominant, Fayard ISBN 978-2213705903
  • 2018, Macron : un mauvais tournant (Les économistes atterrés with H. Sterdyniak, D. Cayla, A. Jatteau, D. Lang, P. Légé, C. Mathieu, T. Porcher, C. Ramaux, G. Rotillon), Les liens qui libèrent ISBN 979-1020904768
  • 2020, Les délaissés. Comment transformer un bloc divisé en force majoritaire, Fayard, ISBN 978-2213711959[14]
  • 2024, L'économie pour les 99% (with Ludivine Stock (drawing) and Raphaël Ruffier-Fossoul), Stock, graphic book, ISBN 978- 2234098381
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