Thomas Porcher (born 5 July 1977) is a French

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and author. He is a member of the

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association of economists called Économistes atterrés.

Early life and education

Thomas Porcher's father was a management teacher of

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origin and his mother a

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origin. He was a black belt of karaté at 16 years old. After his

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, Porcher obtained a

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, then a

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at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University.

Career

Porcher is an associate professor of

at the

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. He has published more than ten books. His book ''Treatise of Heretic Economy'' (released in 2018) is a bestseller in France that has sold more than 50,000 copies. 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." Porcher is regularly invited to French media outlets. The

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collective ranks him the 38th most followed economist in the world on Twitter, out of 1068 identified economists.

Political career

In 2018, Porcher along with

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funded and supported the

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Place Publique Place Publique (“Public Square”) is a centre-left political party in France, founded in 2018 by Raphaël Glucksmann, Claire Nouvian, Jo Spiegel, and Thomas Porcher. In January 2019, the movement claimed 25,000 members. History Creatio ...

("Public Place"). On 16 March 2019, Place Publique and the

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announced that they would present a joint list of candidates for the

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, with Raphaël Glucksmann at the head of the list. Porcher left the party the same day, denouncing what he called a "list of

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s".

Personal life

He was in a relationship with actress Elodie Yung for 14 years. Since 2011, he has been with lawyer Sarah Salesse, daughter of Yves Salesse, a figure of unionism in France.

Publications

* 2009, ''Un baril de pétrole contre 100 mensonges'', Res publica éditions * 2009, ''Reprise ou Re-crise ?'', Res publica éditions * 2010, ''Recettes pétrolières et financement de la lutte contre la pauvreté: le cas de la République du Congo'', Éditions universitaires européennes * 2012, ''L'indécence précède l'essence - Enquête sur un Total scandale'', Max Milo Éditions * 2013, ''Le Mirage du gaz de schiste'', Max Milo Éditions * 2014, '' TAFTA : l'accord du plus fort'', Max Milo Éditions * 2015, ''20 idées reçues sur l'énergie'' (with R.H. Boroumand, S. Goutte), De Boeck * 2015, ''Le Déni climatique'' (with H. Landes), Max Milo Éditions * 2016, ''Introduction inquiète à la Macron-économie'' (with F. Farah), Les Petits matins * 2016, ''Sortir de l'impasse : appel des 138 économistes'' (collective work), Les liens qui libèrent * 2017, ''La politique est à nous'' (collective work),

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* 2018, ''Traité d'économie hérétique : en finir avec le discours dominant'',

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* 2018, ''Macron : un mauvais tournant'' ( Les économistes atterrés with H. Sterdyniak, D. Cayla, A. Jatteau, D. Lang, P. Légé, C. Mathieu, T. Porcher, C. Ramaux, G. Rotillon), Les liens qui libèrent *2020, ''Les délaissés. Comment transformer un bloc divisé en force majoritaire'',

, *2024, ''L'économie pour les 99%'' (with Ludivine Stock (drawing) and Raphaël Ruffier-Fossoul), Stock, graphic book,

References

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