Nicolas Bouzou

He is also the creator of the Belém Circle, a think-tank that gathers together European progessive and liberal intellectuals. Its areas of work are related to growth, economic policy, territorial organization and health.

Nicolas is a professor of economics at the MBA Law & Management program of the University of Paris II Assas. He is the author of several best-selling books. He is a regular contributor to major French economic newspapers. Furthermore, he can be heard or seen frequently on the radio or on television. He remains an active speaker who gives hundreds of conferences a year in France and across Europe.

Nicolas Bouzou was a member of the Conseil d’Analyse de la société, set up by the French Prime Minister (2010-2011). Since 2017, he is Chief economist of the French-German committee for cultural and creative industries.

He is the author of several best-selling books. He is a regular contributor to major French economic newspapers. He can be heard or seen frequently on the radio or on television.

In 2007, he published Petit précis d’économie appliquée à l’usage du citoyen pragmatique (« A manual of applied economics for pragmatic citizens »). He discusses the false reasons behind the stillness of the French economy and underlines its structural causes. These come down to over-regulation of the economic activity by an omnipotent state that penalizes growth and wealth creation. His book won the prestigious Turgot prize in 2008. His latest book, Homo Sanitas (2021), talks about the history and future of health.

Spoken Languages: French, English