French economist and essayist, director of the consulting firm Asterès and president of the Rencontres de l'Avenir de Saint-Raphaël, director of studies for the MBA Law & Management programme at the University of Paris II Assas. He is an editorialist for L'Express, Europe 1 and LCI. He is the author of some fifteen books, including the highly acclaimed La Comédie (In)humaine, written with Julia de Funès, and his latest, published in March 2022 by Éditions de l'Observatoire, Pour un libéralisme populaire. He was elevated to the rank of Chevalier National de l'Ordre du Mérite by decree of the President of the Republic during the Covid-19 crisis.