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Remettre le progrès au cœur du développement sociétal
date 4 juin 2026 mis à jour 4 juin 2026 à 12:46 auteur temps de lecture 3 minutes Depuis plus de 200 ans, le progrès scientifique et technique a profondément amélioré les conditions de vie de l’humanité. Pourtant, alors que ses bénéfices sont considérables, il est aujourd’hui questionné. Le défi consiste désormais à le rendre plus visible, plus inclusif et davantage au service des besoins sociétaux, affirme Éric Labaye.
The world at work: Jobs, pay, and skills for 3.5 billion people
Strains on the global labor force are becoming painfully evident. Market forces will fail to resolve demand and supply imbalances for tens of millions of skilled and unskilled workers. Over the past three decades, as developing economies industrialized and began to compete in world markets, a global labor market started taking shape.
The brightening mood of European business--and what it means for investment
Executives are increasingly optimistic about the region’s business outlook, but new survey results suggest more work is needed to instill confidence and stability. A few measures could help. The past decade has been one of the toughest in the postwar era for the European economy, but recovery has finally arrived—and the business mood is brightening.
The brightening mood of European business—and what it means for investment
Executives are increasingly optimistic about the region’s business outlook, but new survey results suggest more work is needed to instill confidence and stability. A few measures could help. The past decade has been one of the toughest in the postwar era for the European economy, but recovery has finally arrived—and the business mood is brightening.
Europe’s economy: Three pathways to rebuilding trust and sustaining momentum
Europe has an opportunity to ensure that growth and well-being continue in the long term, and to strengthen trust in its institutions. Europe is bouncing back after a “lost” decade. Business and citizen optimism has returned and eurozone GDP in 2017 expanded at its fastest pace since the 2008 financial crisis.
New priorities for the European Union at 60
As the EU faces an inflection point, its response to three global forces will shape the path forward. Sixty years ago, on March 25, 1957, the heads of government of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands met in Rome to sign the treaty establishing the European Economic Community, the forerunner of today’s European Union (EU).
New priorities for the European Union at 60
As the EU faces an inflection point, its response to three global forces will shape the path forward. Sixty years ago, on March 25, 1957, the heads of government of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands met in Rome to sign the treaty establishing the European Economic Community, the forerunner of today’s European Union (EU).
Poorer than their parents? A new perspective on income inequality
Most people growing up in advanced economies since World War II have been able to assume they will be better off than their parents. For much of the time, that assumption has proved correct: except for a brief hiatus in the 1970s, buoyant global economic and employment growth over the past 70 years saw all households experience rising incomes, both before and after taxes and transfers.
Digital Europe: Realizing the continent’s potential
Europe is in the midst of a digital transition driven by consumers, thriving technology hubs, and some world-renowned companies. But digitization is also about the extent to which firms and industries invest in and use digital. In these respects, Europe is much less advanced. Yet if its laggards double their digital intensity, Europe can add €2.5 trillion to GDP in 2025, boosting GDP growth by 1 percent a year over the next decade. What do we mean by digital intensity?
Digital Europe: Realizing the continent’s potential
Europe is operating below its digital potential. Accelerating digitization could add trillions of euros to economic growth in less than a decade. Europe is in the midst of a digital transition driven by consumers, thriving technology hubs, and some world-renowned companies. But digitization is also about the extent to which firms and industries invest in and use digital. In these respects, Europe is much less advanced.
Digital Europe: Realizing the continent’s potential
Appendix (PDF-376KB) Executive Summary (PDF-113KB) Full Report (PDF-2MB) Europe is in the midst of a digital transition driven by consumers, thriving technology hubs, and some world-renowned companies. But digitization is also about the extent to which firms and industries invest in and use digital. In these respects, Europe is much less advanced.
Deutschland verschenkt 500 Milliarden Euro Potenzial
Deutschland schöpft den wirtschaftlichen Nutzen der Digitalisierung bei weitem nicht aus: Aktuell nutzt das Land nur 10 Prozent seines digitalen Potenzials – und damit weitaus weniger als der EU-Durchschnitt (12 Prozent) oder Länder wie Großbritannien (17 Prozent), die Niederlande und Schweden (je 15 Prozent) oder die weltweit führenden USA (18 Prozent).
Europa digital: Compreender o Potencial do Continente
A Europa está a trabalhar abaixo do seu potencial em digital. Acelerar a digitalização poderia adicionar triliões de euros ao crescimento económico em menos de uma década. Europe is in the midst of a digital transition driven by consumers, thriving technology hubs, and some world-renowned companies. But digitization is also about the extent to which firms and industries invest in and use digital. In these respects, Europe is much less advanced.
Digital Europe: Realizing the continent’s potential
Europe is operating below its digital potential. Accelerating digitization could add trillions of euros to economic growth in less than a decade. Europe is in the midst of a digital transition driven by consumers, thriving technology hubs, and some world-renowned companies. But digitization is also about the extent to which firms and industries invest in and use digital. In these respects, Europe is much less advanced.
Jumpstarting Europe's economy
Laura Tyson and Eric Labaye urge officials to enlarge their toolkit to boost demand—including the use of "helicopter money." Not so long ago, the notion of the European Central Bank handing out money to governments or directly to citizens – so-called “helicopter money” drops – would have seemed outlandish. But today a surprising number of mainstream economists and centrist politicians are endorsing the idea of monetary financing of stimulus measures in different forms.
Solving Europe’s economic conundrum
How should policy makers undertake the reforms necessary to revitalize the continent’s economy and restore the confidence of voters? The McKinsey Global Institute wants your ideas. European leaders have a long list of crisis measures and short-term worries to deal with, from the ongoing refugee crisis to the risk of Britain voting to leave the European Union.
A growth strategy for Europe
Low oil prices, a more competitive euro exchange rate, and the European Central Bank’s judicious use of its full suite of monetary-stabilization policies—not to mention the fact that the threat of Grexit has been averted, at least for now—provide a favorable backdrop for such ambitious reforms.
How advancing women’s equality can add $12 trillion to global growth
Gender inequality is not only a pressing moral and social issue but also a critical economic challenge. If women-who account for half the world's working-age population-do not achieve their full economic potential, the global economy will suffer.
How Poland can become a European growth engine
After 25 years of strong growth, the country stands at a crossroads. Our new report details how Poland can become an advanced European economy competing on a global stage. Twenty-five years ago, events in Poland touched off changes that swept through Central and Eastern Europe, resulting in massive economic and political transformations. As the Polish economy emerged from decades of state control, industries were privatized and market-based competition was introduced, followed by painful reforms.
A new dawn: Reigniting growth in Central and Eastern Europe
The nations of Central and Eastern Europe were among the fastest growing in the world before the global financial crisis. Restoring that kind of growth will require a strategy that raises investment, expands high-value exports, unleashes productivity in domestic sectors, revives foreign direct investment, and increases domestic savings.
Europe's Hidden Stimulus
With the usual drivers of GDP growth constrained across Europe, the one economic sector able to spend is the non-financial corporate sector, writes Eric Labaye in Project Syndicate. When the European Council next meets, on February 7, it should look at private investment as a means to kick-start Europe’s stagnant economy. With the usual drivers of GDP growth constrained across Europe, the one economic sector able to spend is the non-financial corporate sector.
Investing in growth: Europe's next challenge
Private investment was the hardest-hit component of Europe’s GDP between 2007 and 2011—but it can also be a major driver of the region’s recovery. Although the decline in Europe’s level of private investment from 2007 to 2011 is rarely highlighted as a feature of the region’s financial crisis, it was unprecedented.
French employment 2020: Five priorities for action
Unemployment is rising. Unless it comes down, France won’t be able to sustain its beleaguered social safety net. France’s labor market has been relatively resilient in the face of the global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 and of the sovereign-debt crisis, which gathered full force last year. But unemployment has begun to rise again.
Beating the recession: Buying into new European consumer strategies
Businesses need to tune into and sharpen their awareness of evolving consumer attitudes and tactics if they are to survive the recession and position themselves for economic recovery.
How offshoring of services could benefit France
To capture more of the potential benefit from offshoring, France must focus on creating the jobs of tomorrow and increasing the flexibility of its labor market. Compared to the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany, offshoring of services is still a nascent phenomenon in France. Nevertheless, the trend is creating waves of anxiety among white-collar workers who fear losing their jobs to lower-priced labor abroad and sparking protectionist sentiment.
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