Thomas Porcher Explained

Thomas Porcher
Birth Date:	5 July 1977
Birth Place:	Drancy, France
Nationality:	French
Occupation:	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

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 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

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
• 2009, Reprise ou Re-crise ?, Res publica éditions
• 2010, Recettes pétrolières et financement de la lutte contre la pauvreté: le cas de la République du Congo, Éditions universitaires européennes
• 2012, L'indécence précède l'essence - Enquête sur un Total scandale, Max Milo Éditions ^[12]
• 2013, Le Mirage du gaz de schiste, Max Milo Éditions ^[13]
• 2014, TAFTA : l'accord du plus fort, Max Milo Éditions
  • 2015, 20 idées reçues sur l'énergie (with R.H. Boroumand, S. Goutte), De Boeck 2015, Le Déni climatique (with H. Landes), Max Milo Éditions
    • • • • 2016, Introduction inquiète à la Macron-économie (with F. Farah), Les Petits matins 2016, Sortir de l'impasse : appel des 138 économistes (collective work), Les liens qui libèrent 2017, La politique est à nous (collective work), Robert Laffont 2018, Traité d'économie hérétique : en finir avec le discours dominant, Fayard 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 2020 Les délaissés. Comment transformer un bloc divisé en force majoritaire, Fayard, ^[14]

Notes and References

1. News: Thomas Porcher, ceinture rouge . Simon. Blin. French. Thomas Porcher, red belt. Libération. 4 November 2018. 17 March 2019.
2. Web site: C'est trop classe d'être prof à la fac. On a le temps de réfléchir en restant dans un univers jeune . Jean-Baptiste. Semerdjian. French. It's too classy to be professor at a big college. You have the time to think by staying in a young university. Forwards. 15 November 2014. 17 March 2019.
3. Web site: Présenter Thomas Porcher, Paris School of Business. Thomas. Porcher. French. Forwards. 10 May 2020.
4. Web site: Quand Vikash Dhorasoo rencontre Thomas Porcher, ils parlent politique (mais aussi de Booba) . Mathieu. Dejan. French. When Vikash Dhorasoo meets Thomas Porcher, they talk about politics (but also about Booba. Forwards. Les Inrockuptibles. 10 March 2020. 10 May 2020.
5. Web site: Relancer la lutte des classes. French. Relaunching the class struggle. Forwards. Livres Hebdo. 3 March 2020. 10 May 2020.
6. Web site: Les écoles de commerce se disputent les gloires de la recherche . Soazig. Le Nevé. French. Business schools compete for the glories of research. Forwards. Le Monde. 28 November 2019. 10 May 2020.
7. News: Européennes : Place Publique, le pari citoyen de Raphaël Glucksmann. Quentin . Laurent. French. Europeans : Public Place, the civic bet of de Raphaël Glucksmann. Le Parisien. 29 October 2018. 17 March 2019.
8. Web site: Européennes, le PS se range derrière Raphaël Glucksmann. Corinne. Laurent. French. Europeans, the SP stands behind Raphaël Glucksmann. La Croix. 16 March 2019. 17 March 2019.
9. Web site: L'économiste Thomas Porcher au JdD : Je préfère quitter Place publique. Arthur . Nazaret. Sarah . Paillou. French. The economist Thomas Porcher on JdD : I prefer to leave Public place. Le Journal du Dimanche. 16 March 2019. 17 March 2019.
10. Web site: Thomas Porcher, l'économiste qui courrouce la macronie. Charlotte. Cieslinski. French. Thomas Porcher, the economist who annoys Emmanuel Macron's party. Forwards. L'Obs. 29 January 2020. 10 May 2020.
11. News: Thomas Porcher, ceinture rouge . Simon. Blin. French. Thomas Porcher, red belt. Libération. 4 November 2018. 17 March 2019.
12. Web site: Total ou les armes de la puissance pétrolière : y a-t-il un "Total scandale" ?. Pascal Ordonneau. Les Échos. fr. 2012-03-03. 2014-11-24. .
13. Web site: Chronique du livre "Le Mirage du gaz de schiste". Pascal Ordonneau. Les Échos. fr. 2013-07-07. 2014-11-24. .
14. Web site: Thomas Porcher- L'invité de 7h50. 2020-02-27. France Inter. fr. 2020-02-27.