Thomas Porcher

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Thomas Porcher
Thomas Porcher during the book fair of Mouans-Sartoux in October 2018
Born (1977-07-05) 5 July 1977 (age 46)
Drancy, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Economist, writer

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.

Early life and education[edit]

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[edit]

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

He has published more than ten books. His book Treaty 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]

Political career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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 avec 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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Blin, Simon (4 November 2018). "Thomas Porcher, ceinture rouge" [Thomas Porcher, red belt]. Libération (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ^ Semerdjian, Jean-Baptiste (15 November 2014). "C'est trop classe d'être prof à la fac. On a le temps de réfléchir en restant dans un univers jeune" [It's too classy to be professor at a big college. You have the time to think by staying in a young university] (in French). Forwards. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ Porcher, Thomas. "Présenter Thomas Porcher, Paris School of Business" (in French). Forwards. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. ^ Dejan, Mathieu (10 March 2020). "Quand Vikash Dhorasoo rencontre Thomas Porcher, ils parlent politique (mais aussi de Booba)" [When Vikash Dhorasoo meets Thomas Porcher, they talk about politics (but also about Booba]. Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Forwards. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Relancer la lutte des classes" [Relaunching the class struggle]. Livres Hebdo (in French). Forwards. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. ^ Le Nevé, Soazig (28 November 2019). "Les écoles de commerce se disputent les gloires de la recherche" [Business schools compete for the glories of research]. Le Monde (in French). Forwards. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. ^ Laurent, Quentin (29 October 2018). "Européennes : Place Publique, le pari citoyen de Raphaël Glucksmann" [Europeans : Public Place, the civic bet of de Raphaël Glucksmann]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  8. ^ Laurent, Corinne (16 March 2019). "Européennes, le PS se range derrière Raphaël Glucksmann" [Europeans, the SP stands behind Raphaël Glucksmann] (in French). La Croix. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  9. ^ Nazaret, Arthur; Paillou, Sarah (16 March 2019). "L'économiste Thomas Porcher au JdD : Je préfère quitter Place publique" [The economist Thomas Porcher on JdD : I prefer to leave Public place] (in French). Le Journal du Dimanche. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  10. ^ Cieslinski, Charlotte (29 January 2020). "Thomas Porcher, l'économiste qui courrouce la macronie" [Thomas Porcher, the economist who annoys Emmanuel Macron's party]. L'Obs (in French). Forwards. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  11. ^ Blin, Simon (4 November 2018). "Thomas Porcher, ceinture rouge" [Thomas Porcher, red belt]. Libération (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  12. ^ Pascal Ordonneau (3 March 2012). "Total ou les armes de la puissance pétrolière : y a-t-il un "Total scandale" ?" (in French). Les Échos. Retrieved 24 November 2014..
  13. ^ Pascal Ordonneau (7 July 2013). "Chronique du livre "Le Mirage du gaz de schiste"". Les Échos (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2014..
  14. ^ "Thomas Porcher- L'invité de 7h50". France Inter (in French). 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.


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