Nationality French Institution EHESS, France | Name Frederic Lordon | |
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Frédéric Lordon (born 15 January 1962) is a French economist and a CNRS Director of Research at the Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique in Paris. He is an influential figure in France's Nuit debout movement.
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- D bat entre fr d ric lordon et david graeber les nuits debout doivent elles rester sauvages
- Fre de ric lordon a hec de bats conf rence pr sidentielles 2017 nuit debout capitalisme
- Education
- Career
- Work
- Books
- References
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Education
Lordon studied at the École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, and received his degree there in 1985. He graduated from the Institut Supérieur des Affaires in 1987.
Career
Lordon teaches at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, in Paris.
He has served since 2004 as a Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).
Work
Lordon's work is an attempt to introduce Spinoza's concepts, such as conatus, into the study of economics. As an observer of the current crisis of capitalism, he participates in the public debate in France, proposing solutions that could ostensibly prevent other crises.
He is a member of "Economistes atterrés". ("Appalled Economists"), a group of economists formed in 2010 who reject mainstream economics' positions, such as the efficient-market hypothesis, etc.
An early observer of the subprime mortgage crisis, he proposed the creation of a tax he labeled SLAM, for Shareholder Limited Authorized Margin, whose purpose would be to limit profits so that enterprises in the real economy are not governed "only by the interests of the stock exchange market."
Lordon played an instrumental role in the rise of the Nuit debout movement. He wrote a piece in the February 2016 issue of Le Monde diplomatique on François Ruffin's film, Merci patron!, describing the film as a clarion call for a potential mass uprising. This prompted Ruffin to organise a public meeting which led to the organisation of the public occupation of Paris's Place de la République on 31 March 2016. Lordon delivered a speech at the 31 March protest, highlighting the goal of uniting disparate protest movements. He subsequently refused to talk to national media about his role in the movement, explaining that he did not wish to be seen as the leader of a leaderless movement.
Books
(in French)