Thomas Porcher

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.

Thomas Porcher
Thomas Porcher during the book fair of Mouans-Sartoux in October 2018
Born (1977-07-05) 5 July 1977
Drancy, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Economist, Writer

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

Thomas 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]

Thomas Porcher is regularly invited to French medias. The RePEc collective ranks him 38th most followed economist in the world on Twitter on 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 as 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, figure of the unionism in France.[11]

Publications
  • 2009, Un baril de pétrole contre 100 mensonges, Res publica éditions ISBN 2358100013
  • 2009, Reprise ou Re-crise ?, Res publica éditions ISBN 2358100080
  • 2010, Recettes pétrolières et financement de la lutte contre la pauvreté: le cas de la République du Congo, Éditions universitaires européennes ISBN 6131536031
  • 2012, L'indécence précède l'essence - Enquête sur un Total scandale, Max Milo Éditions ISBN 2315003512[12]
  • 2013, Le Mirage du gaz de schiste, Max Milo Éditions ISBN 2315004667, 2315003512[13]
  • 2014, TAFTA : l'accord du plus fort, Max Milo Éditions ISBN 2315006147
  • 2015, 20 idées reçues sur l'énergie (with R.H. Boroumand, S. Goutte), De Boeck ISBN 280419020X
  • 2015, Le Déni climatique (with H. Landes), Max Milo Éditions ISBN 231500702X
  • 2016, Introduction inquiète à la Macron-économie (with F. Farah), Les Petits matins ISBN 2363832167
  • 2016, Sortir de l'impasse : appel des 138 économistes (collective work), Les liens qui libèrent ISBN 9791020904072
  • 2017, La politique est à nous (collective work), Robert Laffont ISBN 2221200349
  • 2018, Traité d'économie hérétique : en finir avec le discours dominant, Fayard ISBN 978-2213705903
  • 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 ISBN 979-1020904768
  • 2020 Les délaissés. Comment transformer un bloc divisé en force majoritaire, Fayard, ISBN 978-2213711959[14]

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


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