[eng] Europe's future: the ambition of a new social pact Jean-Paul Fitoussi Official speeches notwithstanding, the ambition of social Europe is being redefined to accommodate efficiency criteria and the requirements of globalization. This paper argues that the consensus emerging from the various...

[eng] US fiscal policy under Clinton administration Helene Baudchon, Jerome Creel, Vincent Touze et Bruno Ventelou This paper investigates the last ten years of US fiscal policy with three levels of reading. At the macroeconomic level, the current federal budget surplus has resulted from the US...

[eng] Family relations and dependence : glances on the French and Italian students Marco Oberti The structural differences related to the type of Welfare state are clearly remarkable in the way the students are attached to the family. The family is more directly requested in Italy, and young...