Pascal Riché (born June 1962) is a French

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, co-founder of ''

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'' along with Arnaud Aubron, Laurent Mauriac, and Pierre Haski. He is currently the deputy editor of

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(previously known as Le Nouvel Observateur)

Life

Pascal Riché is a former alumnus of

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and of the

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(CFJ) journalism school. He started his journalistic career in ''

Ouest-France ''Ouest-France'' ( ; French for "West-France") is a daily French newspaper known for its emphasis on both local and national news. The paper is produced in 47 different editions covering events in different French départments within the région ...

'', the largest regional newspaper in France, and ''

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'', before joining ''

Libération ''Libération'' (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Initially positioned on the far-left of France ...

'' in 1989. There, he headed the economy service until 2000, when he was named Washington bureau chief (2000–2006). He then became Op-ed editor of the daily. Following the crisis at ''Libération'', Riché resigned from his functions and co-founded the Internet newspaper ''

'' in March 2007. He also has been a columnist for several media : '' DS magazine'', '' TPMCafe'',

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, Radio Nova. He is the son of the medievalist historian Pierre Riché.

Bibliography

He is the author of ''L'union monétaire de l'Europe'', with

Charles Wyplosz Charles Wyplosz (born 5 September 1947 in Vichy, France) is a French economist. He is an editor of the International Centre for Economic Policy Research's VoxEU and is currently the director of the International Centre for Monetary and Banking ...

, and ''La Guerre de Sept ans, histoire secrète du franc fort 1989-1996'' with Eric Aeschimann, which earned the 1997 Turgot Prize of the Best economic book of the year.

External links

his former blogLibération websiteRue89.com website
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