Philippe Simonnot Explained

Philippe Simonnot
Birth Date:1941 7, df=y
Birth Place:Boulogne-Billancourt, German-occupied France
Nationality:French
Occupation:Economist
Journalist
Education:University of Aix-Marseille

Philippe Simonnot (10 July 1941 – 17 November 2022) was a French economist and journalist.

Simonnot earned a doctorate in economic sciences from the University of Aix-Marseille and was the author of numerous books on economics.[1] [2] He occasionally published chronicles in the press, such as in Le Figaro and Le Monde.

Simonnot died on 17 November 2022, at the age of 81.[3]

Journalist

Simonnot was an economic journalist specializing on the oil market for Le Monde, where he published an article on the Elf Aquitaine in 1976. The article led him to be fired, about which he published a book on the functions of the newspaper's director and, more broadly, the entire profession of journalism, titled Le Monde et le pouvoir.

In 1988, while working as an economic journalist for the weekly news magazine Politis, he developed a theory in which Homo sportivus was replaced by Homo economicus.[4]

Economist

Simonnot closely researched monetary issues. Faced with the crises of the end of the Bretton Woods system and the introduction of floating exchange rates, he advocated for the return to a precious metal backing of the US dollar or the euro.[5] He strongly criticized government and favored the physiocrats. He directed the Observatoire économique de la Méditerranée and the Atelier de l'économie contemporaine, as well as the monetary seminar of the liberal think tank Institut Turgot.

Awards

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: L'économie des rendements croissants. Système universitaire de documentation. French.
  2. News: Jules. Robert. 9 March 2018. "Rien n'est pire qu'un économiste qui prétend dire le bien et le mal". French. La Tribune. 23 November 2022.
  3. Web site: Avis de décès de Monsieur Philippe SIMONNOT. Simplifia. French.
  4. News: 20 September 1998. Philippe Simonnot. French. Institut national de l'audiovisuel. 23 November 2022.
  5. News: Plassart. Philippe. 24 November 2010. Philippe Simonnot, économiste - "Il y a urgence à ré-adopter l'étalon-or". French. Le Nouvel Économiste. 23 November 2022.
  6. Web site: Prix Rossi. Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. French.
  7. Web site: Année 2007 – « Liberté économique et progrès social ». Association pour la liberté économique et le progrès social. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191106133547/http://aleps.aleps.paris/2007/08/29/annee-2007-liberte-economique-et-progres-social/. 6 November 2019.