Robert Boyer, anciennement directeur de recherche au CNRS, économiste au CEPREMAP et directeur d'études à l'EHESSs'est impliqué dès l'origine dans les recherches sur la régulation. Il a notemment publiéThéorie de la régulation, l'état des savoirs (La Découverte, 2002) ; Croissance début de siècle (Albin Michel, 2002) ; Une Théorie du capitalisme est-elle possible ? (Odile Jacob, 2004) ; Les financiers détruiront-il le capitalisme ? (Economica, 2011). Il anime l'association Recherches & Régulation.
In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, more and more people are calling for the post-pandemic period to be different from that which preceded it in order to put an end to social and environmental catastrophes related to globalized capitalism. This incisive essay is not intended to predict the final outcome, but to provide an understanding of the processes underway and shed light on the range of possibilities.
The author envisages a new model built on the complementarity of education, training, health and culture which would meet citizens’ demand for solidarity and the requirements for ecological transition. For there is no definite economic determinism.
Robert Boyer, formerly research director at the CNRS, an economist at CEPREMAP (Center for economic research and its application), and director of studies at the EHESS, is one of the leading theoreticians at the École française de la régulation. He is the author of Théorie de la régulation, l’état des savoirs (La Découverte, 1995) (Regulation Theory: The State of the Art. Routledge), La croissance, début de siècle (Growth at the beginning of the century) (Albin Michel, 2002), Une théorie du capitalisme est-elle possible? (Is a theory of capitalism possible?) (Odile Jacob, 2004), Les financiers détruiront-il le capitalisme? (Will financiers destroy capitalism? » (Economica, 2011), Économie politique des capitalismes (The political economy of capitalism) (La Découverte, 2015).