Government intervention Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/government-intervention/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:50:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png Government intervention Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/government-intervention/ 32 32 The Word “Profit” Falls Into Oblivion in François Hollande’s Economic Liberalism https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-word-profit-falls-into-oblivion-in-francois-hollande-s-economic-liberalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-word-profit-falls-into-oblivion-in-francois-hollande-s-economic-liberalism https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-word-profit-falls-into-oblivion-in-francois-hollande-s-economic-liberalism/#respond Sat, 25 Jan 2014 11:55:00 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/the-word-profit-falls-into-oblivion-in-francois-hollande-s-economic-liberalism/ Here is a relevant remarks from Professor Florin Aftalion: the word "profit" has disappeared from the public debate to be replaced by the word "margin". This semantic shift is not trivial: the profit goes to CEOs and shareholders while the margin is under Government control!

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/the-word-profit-falls-into-oblivion-in-francois-hollande-s-economic-liberalism/feed/ 0 110 Billion Euros Waste: The Cost Of Inefficient French Government’s Assistance to Companies https://en.irefeurope.org/key-figures/article/110-billion-euros-waste-the-cost-of-inefficient-french-government-s-assistance-to-companies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=110-billion-euros-waste-the-cost-of-inefficient-french-government-s-assistance-to-companies https://en.irefeurope.org/key-figures/article/110-billion-euros-waste-the-cost-of-inefficient-french-government-s-assistance-to-companies/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:22:00 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/other-publications/key-figures/110-billion-euros-waste-the-cost-of-inefficient-french-government-s-assistance-to-companies/ The French Government supporting private companies thanks a system of financial assistance: what an economic heresy! Yet, over the last thirty years, it has become the creed for French Governments, whether conservative of leftist. Four figures are to be pointed out:

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