Freedom, inequalities, fraternity
A homeless man, in Paris, on March 27, 2020, at the start of the first confinement in France, in order to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
© François Mori / AP
By: Jean-Pierre Boris Follow
14 mins
Since the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis started, in France, the state has dumped dumpsters of money on households and businesses.
The time has come to take stock and ask how these large sums have influenced the distribution of wealth in French society?
How did France get through the crisis in terms of the income levels of the population?
Do we already know?
The "whatever the cost" displayed by the state has he protected the most vulnerable.
More generally, is France an egalitarian country, as the motto displayed on the pediments of its public buildings says?
These are the questions that we raise, in this program, with three guests.
Publicity
- Louis Maurin
is a sociologist and directs, in the city of Tours,
the Observatory of Inequalities
, an independent body which has published since 2003 a biannual report on inequalities in France.
He published “
Even more!
- Investigation of these privileged people who never have enough
”, at Plon.
- Delphine Pouchain
is a lecturer in Economics at Sciences-Po Lille.
She co-directs the preparation for the Agrégation de sciences économique.
And directed the writing of a collective book entitled “
Economy of Inequalities
” at the publisher Atlande.
- Lucas Chancel
is the co-director of the Laboratory on Global Inequalities, and affiliate professor at Sciences Po. He is also an associate researcher at the Paris School of Economics (PSE) and at the Institute for Sustainable Development and Relations International (IDDRI).
Our reports:
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One of the first manifestations of poverty, of poverty exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis, is the difficulty in eating. Example in Marseille with the story of a former McDonald's restaurant which had been requisitioned illegally by residents to urgently set up a food bank to respond to the distress of the populations of these disadvantaged neighborhoods. An illegal occupation, a threat of eviction. And then finally, the mayor of the city Benoît Payan flew to the aid of the inhabitants… The municipality will buy the land and save the food bank from eviction because the needs for social assistance and food in these disadvantaged neighborhoods are still there. This is an Eco from here report Eco from elsewhere by Stéphane Burgatt, in Marseille.
ECO D'ICI REPORT / / FOOD AID / MARSEILLE
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Inequality in access to health rights has increased with the health crisis.
This is how several associations have had to go more to meet vulnerable people so that they can seek treatment.
Health is not always the first priority for disadvantaged people.
Example with this report
Eco from here Eco from elsewhere
by Aabla Jounaidi, which was shot in Paris and its outskirts.
ECO D'ICI REPORT HEALTH INEQUALITIES
► One of the consequences of the pandemic was the search for space.
People who could afford it left Paris and the big cities to go close to nature, where there was room to move.
And this has had an impact on the cost of housing in these privileged areas.
Listen to this report
Eco from here Eco from elsewhere,
by Solène Leroux.
ECO D'ICI REAL ESTATE REPORT 06/12/2021
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