| Philippe Chalmin | |
| Birth Date: | 1951 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Bordeaux, France |
| Occupation: | Economist |
| Alma Mater: | HEC Paris Paris-Sorbonne University |
Philippe Chalmin (born 22 October 1951) is a French historian and liberal economist, specializing in raw materials markets. He is the founder of the Cyclops Circle,[1] which has published each year since 1986 a comprehensive report on the state and prospects of global commodity markets.[2]
Philippe Chalmin studied at HEC Paris, from which he graduated in 1974. He obtained his aggregation in history in 1977, then he graduate with a PhD in 1981 from Paris-Sorbonne University. His thesis is entitled “The Emergence of a Multinational Firm in the World Sugar Economy: Tate and Lyle, 1860-1980”.
Assistant to the research and study group on agri-food strategies at HEC Paris from 1974 to 1976, from 1976 to 1991 he was successively assistant, assistant professor and deputy laboratory director at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers.[3]
He is also an economic advisor to the French Credit Insurance Company, a part-time associate university professor in economics at Paris Dauphine University from 1994 to 2006, then a full university professor in contemporary history since 2006 and director DESS then Master 212 in international affairs since 1999.[4]
He is also Foreign Trade Advisor to France (1993), economic advisor to the Euler group until 2003, member of the European and International Prospective Council for Agriculture and Food (2003), consultant to the World Bank, and member of the Conseil d'Analyse Économique to the Prime Minister (2006).[5]
A specialist in the raw materials market, he considers them a “curse”, taking the example of the Dutch disease. Each year, he coordinates the publication of the Cyclops report (Cycles and orientations of products and trade) on global markets. This report publishes a comprehensive report each year on the status and outlook of global commodity markets. Philippe Chalmin is also the founder and leader since 2000 of Club Ulysse, one of the main French economists' clubs.[6]
A columnist, he appears on the show 'Y'a pas que le CAC' on I-Télé opposite Bernard Maris, but also on France Musique, and writes numerous columns in the press (Le Monde, La Croix, Le Nouvel Économiste).[7]
Since July 2010, he has been president of the observatory for the formation of prices and margins for food products, an administrative commission of an advisory nature.
In 2011, he was a candidate for the senatorial elections in Hauts-de-Seine on the MoDem list led by Denis Badré, but failed to be elected.
During the 2012 presidential election, he signed with eighteen other economists a call to vote for Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round.[8]
During the 2017 presidential election, he was one of three economists working on François Fillon's program.[9]