International political economy

Scarcity, be it absolute or relative, economic or social, or even the expression of a power, lies at the origin of human conflict. In the […]

The Seventies were characterized by the locking of accumulation, high inflation and debt. The monetary policies implemented in industrial countries were associated to the enforcement […]

This paper is about the WTO and the multilateral trading system crisis. It puts forward the main characteristics of the WTO trade regime, which shows […]

The consequences of the recent war in Iraq on the petrol market reflect both the United States’ concern to re-establish political stability in a country […]

Occasionally, the scientific discussion about globalization underlines the risk of a « race to the bottom » in the most industrialized countries. Our paper aims […]

Detested or adulated, Paul Krugman’s work leaves no-one indifferent. For over two decades, the atypical Princeton professor cannot be ignored in either economic analysis or […]

Organised crime ensues from a financial, but also productive, logic. Still, the latter is often underestimated. Currency plays an essential role in the relations between […]

This essay presents the main conclusions of a study on the Common European Economic Space led by the Russian-European centre for the Economic Policy (RECEP) […]

Beside the classic example of the lighthouse, economists present military expenditures as the epitome of the useful domestic collective good. Nevertheless, overall world military spending […]

The aim of this article is to present the World Trade Organization within the perspective of the political economy of trade. The article highlights the […]