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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