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Problèmes économiques

A French biweekly economics journal published by La Documentation française from 1948 to 2016.

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Overview

Problèmes économiques was a French biweekly journal dedicated to economic and social information, published from January 1948 to September 2016 by the Direction de l'information légale et administrative (DILA) under the La Documentation française brand. Its stated purpose was to make economic and social information accessible to non-specialists, presenting the state of research and debates published in French and foreign economic journals, by international organizations and by research centres. The journal was born on 1 January 1948 from the merger of the Bulletin hebdomadaire d'informations économiques, published by La Documentation française, and the Revue hebdomadaire de la presse économique française, published by the Centre national d'information économique of Insee. It ceased publication at the end of September 2016 with issue no. 3139, unable to benefit from digital distribution of its contents because of copyright, and no longer sufficiently meeting the expectations of part of its readership. Each issue generally ran to 48 pages and was structured around a theme illustrated by four to six articles drawn from French or foreign journals. Every year, two special 64-page issues allowed a central current-affairs question to be examined in greater depth. Taken together, these issues covered national and international economic events.

History

Problèmes économiques was a French biweekly journal published from January 1948 to September 2016 by the Direction de l'information légale et administrative (DILA) under the La Documentation française brand. It was created on 1 January 1948 through the merger of two existing publications: the Bulletin hebdomadaire d'informations économiques, edited by La Documentation française, and the Revue hebdomadaire de la presse économique française, published by the Centre national d'information économique of Insee. The journal's mission was to offer economic and social information accessible to non-specialists, presenting the state of work and debates published by French and foreign economic journals, international organizations and research centres. It appeared biweekly, generally comprising 48 pages, and was structured around a theme illustrated by four to six articles from French or foreign journals. Each year, two special 64-page issues provided deeper analysis of a central current-affairs question. The full set of issues addressed national and international economic events. The journal ceased publication at the end of September 2016 with issue no. 3139. The stated reasons were that it could not benefit from digital distribution of its contents because of copyright, and that it no longer sufficiently met the expectations of part of its readership.

  • The journal is born on 1 January 1948 from the merger of the Bulletin hebdomadaire d'informations économiques and the Revue hebdomadaire de la presse économique française.

  • The journal ceases publication at the end of September 2016 with issue no. 3139.

Products and positioning

Accessible economic and social information for non-specialists, synthesizing French and foreign economic research and debate.

  • Problèmes économiques biweekly issues

    Generally 48 pages, structured around a theme illustrated by four to six articles from French or foreign journals.

  • Annual special issues

    Two special 64-page issues per year allowing deeper examination of a central current-affairs question.

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