Thomas Porcher
Thomas Porcher (born 5 July 1977) is a French economist and author. He is a member of the heterodox association of economists called Économistes atterrés. Early life and education. Thomas Porcher's father was a management teacher of Vietnamese origin and his mother a seamstress of Italian origin. He was a black belt of karaté at 16 years old. After his baccalauréat, Porcher obtained a licence, then a doctorate on Economics at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University. Career. Thomas Porcher is an associate professor of Economics at the Paris School of Business. He has published more than ten books . His book Treaty of Heretic Economy (released in 2018) is a bestseller in France that has sold more than 50,000 copies. His essay The neglected (released in February 2020) makes "a rapid entry into the best sales. Printed in 13,000 copies, it was reprinted in 2000 four days after its release." Thomas Porcher is regularly invited to French medias. The RePEc collective ranks him 38th most followed economist in the world on Twitter on 1068 identified economists. Political career. In 2018, Porcher along with Raphaël Glucksmann funded and supported the centre-left political party Place Publique ("Public Place"). On 16  March 2019, Place Publique and the Socialist Party announced that they would present a joint list of candidates for the European Parliament election, with Raphaël Glucksmann as the head of the list. Porcher left the party the same day, denouncing what he called a "list of apparatchiks". Personal life. He has been in a relationship with actress Elodie Yung for 14 years. Since 2011, he has been with lawyer Sarah Salesse, daughter of Yves Salesse, figure of the unionism in France.