A professor at the University of Bordeaux, Olivier Babeau is a graduate of the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris-Saclay and ESCP Business School. He holds postgraduate degrees in economics and philosophy, is an agrégé in economics, and has a PhD in management science. He has taught at Dauphine University and... Read more
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A professor at the University of Bordeaux, Olivier Babeau is a graduate of the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris-Saclay and ESCP Business School. He holds postgraduate degrees in economics and philosophy, is an agrégé in economics, and has a PhD in management science. He has taught at Dauphine University and Sciences Po, and served as a speechwriter for a government minister, a prime minister, and several presidential candidates.
As an essayist, he has published numerous books, including:
Management Explained Through Art (Ellipses, 2013);
The New Animal Farm: A Political and Economic Fable for Humans (Les Belles Lettres, 2016);
Political Horror: The State Against Society (Les Belles Lettres, 2017);
In Praise of Hypocrisy (Cerf, 2018);
The New Digital Disorder: How Technology Is Widening Inequality (Buchet-Chastel, 2020 – winner of the 2022 Turgot Prize for Best Economics Book);
The Tyranny of Entertainment (Buchet-Chastel);
and The Age of Laziness (Buchet-Chastel, 2025).
In 2022, he was awarded the Zerilli-Marimò Prize by the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences for his body of work. A regular media commentator on television, radio, and in the press, he frequently appears to discuss economic news.
He is the founder and president of Institut Sapiens, an independent think tank focused on the disruptions brought about by new technologies in the economy and society. He also co-founded and co-chairs, alongside the mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, the Rencontres des Sablons, an annual forum bringing together France’s leading think tanks.
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