François Ecalle est ancien rapporteur général du rapport annuel de la Cour des comptes sur la situation et les perspectives des finances publiques ; ancien membre du Haut Conseil des finances publiques, Président de FIPECO et fondateur du site www.fipeco.fr sur les finances publiques.
Professeur émérite d’économie de l’Université Jean Moulin (Lyon 3), et membre honoraire du Conseil économique et social.
Mathématicien
Des études et un doctorat de mathématiques ont conduit Jacques Bichot à enseigner cette discipline à l’Université de Lyon et à l’Ecole Supérieure d’ingénieurs de Beyrouth.
Économiste
Après avoir soutenu un doctorat d’économie et passé un an en entreprise, il fut Maître de conférence en économie à l’Université Lyon 3, puis Professeur à Besançon, ensuite à Lyon 2, et enfin à Lyon 3 où il est actuellement en poste.
Travaux
Ses travaux portent principalement sur l’économie monétaire et sur l’économie de la protection sociale, particulièrement les retraites et la politique familiale. Il a notamment publié en 1993 Quelles retraites en l’an 2000 ?, en 1999 Retraites en Péril, et en 2003 avec Alain Madelin Quand les autruches prendront leur retraite.
Activités
Il a siégé 15 ans au Conseil économique et social, dont il reste membre honoraire, a exercé d’importantes responsabilités associatives, appartient à diverses sociétés savantes nationales et internationales, et il écrit de nombreux articles, tant dans des revues et journaux grand public que dans des revues scientifiques.
Ses derniers ouvrages parus sont : Le Labyrinthe aux éditions des Belles Lettres en 2015, Retraites : le dictionnaire de la réforme. L’Harmattan, 2010, Les enjeux 2012 de A à Z. L’Harmattan, 2012, et La mort de l'État providence ; vive les assurances sociales, coécrit avec Arnaud Robinet (Les Belles-Lettres, 2013.)
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