Recent communications
Recent Communications
Public talks, interviews, and contributions by WAP members.
Conference presentation · 2026
WAP President Olivier Bargain presented recent work on intra-household
power, poverty, and redistribution at the third WAPLAC workshop,
Welfare and Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The presentation drew on his new book
The Economics of Power and Poverty in the Home
,
published by Oxford University Press.
Roundtable · November 2026
WAP Secretary-General Florence Jusot will participate in the 2026
Journées de l’économie roundtables on the challenges of reforming
the French pension system.
Public debate · July 2026
WAP President Olivier Bargain discusses the legitimate criticisms that
can be made of contemporary economics while challenging simplified
accounts of the discipline, its methods, and its limitations.
Interview · April 2025
WAP expert Alain Trannoy discusses the economic rationale behind
the new US trade strategy and its implications for Europe and the
global economy. He examines the objectives of US tariff policy and
the possible responses available to European countries.
Special issue · 2026
A special issue of Homo Oeconomicus marks the thirtieth
anniversary of WAP expert Marc Fleurbaey’s influential book
Théories économiques de la justice. The initiative reviews
major advances in normative economics, welfare economics, and the
economic analysis of social justice since the book’s publication.