Thomas Porcher | |
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 Thomas Porcher during the book fair of Mouans-Sartoux in October 2018 | |
| Born | 5 July 1977 Drancy, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Economist, writer |
Thomas Porcher (born 5 July 1977) is a French economist and author. He is a member of the heterodox association of economists called Économistes atterrés.
Thomas Porcher's father was a management teacher of Vietnamese origin and his mother a seamstress of Italian origin. He was a black belt of karaté at 16 years old.[1]
After his baccalauréat, Porcher obtained a licence, then a doctorate on Economics at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University.[2]
Porcher is an associate professor of Economics at the Paris School of Business.[3]
He has published more than ten books. His book Treaty of Heretic Economy (released in 2018) is a bestseller in France that has sold more than 50,000 copies.[4] His essay "The neglected" (released in February 2020) makes "a rapid entry into the best sales. Printed in 13,000 copies, it was reprinted in 2000 four days after its release."[5]
Porcher is regularly invited to French media outlets. The RePEc collective ranks him the 38th most followed economist in the world on Twitter, out of 1068 identified economists.[6]
In 2018, Porcher along with Raphaël Glucksmann funded and supported the centre-left political party Place Publique ("Public Place").[7]
On 16 March 2019, Place Publique and the Socialist Party announced that they would present a joint list of candidates for the European Parliament election, with Raphaël Glucksmann at the head of the list.[8] Porcher left the party the same day, denouncing what he called a "list of apparatchiks".[9]
He was in a relationship with actress Elodie Yung for 14 years.[10] Since 2011, he has been with lawyer Sarah Salesse, daughter of Yves Salesse, a figure of unionism in France.[11]
