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  • 13 février 2006

    Energy Security: Why Markets Can Help

    «Energy security, in various interpretations, has become a standing issue on the G8 agenda», says the G8's chair, ahead of the St-Petersburg summit next July. This is indeed quite topical: Recent events have shown that we cannot take for granted that our houses will be correctly heated next winter, that power supply will not be rationed or that petrol stations will be open. To name but a few: when hurricane Katrina devastated some of the largest US refineries, European and Asian refiners were not able to compensate the loss of supply, thus, shortages happened; when Gasprom, Europe's biggest natural gas supplier, stopped gas supplies to Ukraine, the gas pressure fell in Poland, Germany, Italy and many other European countries; when Iran decided to resume its nuclear fuel program, markets shivered at the idea that the global oil supply could be reduced by 3 million barrels per day (3.8% of global production), as already happened in 1979-1980.

  • 13 janvier 2006

    La contribution sur la valeur ajoutée, un choix erroné

    Le président de la République a demandé au gouvernement de revoir l'assiette des contributions sociales versées par les employeurs. Jacques Chirac souhaite que la base de ces prélèvements ne soit plus les salaires bruts mais la valeur ajoutée, afin de relancer l'emploi et décourager les délocalisations. L'idée d'une contribution ou cotisation sur la valeur ajoutée (CVA) n'est pas nouvelle. Je pense que les arguments avancés pour la défendre sont économiquement sans valeur, et qu'au lieu de protéger les salariés en France elle aurait l'effet contraire, en détruisant de bons emplois. Pour couronner le tout, fiscalement neutre au départ, la CVA aggraverait les déficits publics.

  • 12 janvier 2006

    The Value-Added Contribution: A Flawed Strategy

    During his seasonal greetings to the press, President Chirac revealed that he had asked the cabinet to review the tax base of employers' social contributions. The reform he proposes would penalize capital intensive industries relatively to labour intensive ones; in the long term, it would backfire.