Speaker
Jacques MISTRAL
Member - Cercle des économistes
Present positions:
- Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington DC
- Helen L DeRoy Visiting Professor, The University of Michigan
- Special advisor,Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI)
- President of the Association Paul Ricoeur
- Independent director of BNP Paribas Cardif
Previous positions:
- Professor at the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE), the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, the Ecole Polytechnique, the University of Paris XIII, the University of Antilles-Guyanne, 1977 to 2007
- Economic advisor to the Prime Minister Michel Rocard, 1988 to 1991
- Executive vice-president, AXA group (CEO AXA Marine Aviation / EVP Asia / EVP Human resources / EVP Finance), 1992 to 2000
- Special advisor to the Minister of economy and finance Laurent Fabius, 2000 to 2001
- Minister financial counselor to the French Embassy, Washington, United States, 2001 to 2006
- Member of the Council of Economic Analysis, Prime Minister’s Office
- Honorary president of the Political Economic Society, 2008 to 2011
Education:
- Graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique
- Agregation in Economics
- Ph.D in Economics, University Paris IX, Dauphine, and University Paris I
Main publications:
- Guerre et paix entre les monnaies – Fayard 2014
- Europe’s Crisis, Europe’s Future (with Kemal Dervis) – Brookings Press – 2014
- Growth, Convergence and Social Conditions: Where is Europe Headed? in Growth, Convergence and Income Distribution: the Road from the Brisbane Summit – TT20 – Brookings Press 2014
- La gouvernance d’un monde ouvert: cooperation monétaire ou tentation du chacun pour soi? Revue d’économie financière 2014
- Pour un solide partenariat Franco-Allemand (avec H. Utterwede) in Et si le soleil se levait à nouveau à l’Ouest? – Fayard – 2013
- Uncomfortable Exits: A Tale of Two Lenders of Last Resort - TT20- Brookings Press – 2013
- Currency Wars: this Time, is it for Real? – Brookings 2013
- L’émergence de la Chine (avec P. Artus) – Documentation Française – 2011
- «La réorientation de la croissance chinoise », Note de l’Ifri, mars 2011
- «Peut-on gouverner la mondialisation? », Note de l’Ifri, février 2011
- Le G20 et la nouvelle gouvernance économique mondiale (dir.) – PUF – 2010
- «La troisième révolution américaine », Perrin, 2008 – Prix du meilleur livre d’économie
Economic field of expertise:
International economy and finance- Macro-economic policies – America/China/the Eurozone