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Clément Leblanc

@clmtleblanc.bsky.social
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PostDoctoral Researcher at UC3M, specialized in energy economics and electricity

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 17/09/2025
During the European #energy crisis, Spain & Portugal intervened directly in the wholesale market, decoupling electricity prices from gas. This lowered consumer bills, with little impact on public funds. N Fabra, @clmtleblanc.bsky.social @mateus-souza.bsky.social‬ cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky
Graph of electricity prices in European exchanges of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Spain had much lower electricity prices than the rest of the countries after implementing their solution of directly intervening in the wholesale market.

Europe’s recent energy crisis generated large windfall rents for electricity producers. Yet, most EU governments responded with costly downstream measures that left wholesale prices – and producer profits – largely untouched. This column shows that Spain and Portugal charted a different course by intervening directly in the wholesale market, decoupling electricity prices from gas. This substantially lowered consumer bills, with little impact on public funds. Crucially, the intervention provided proportionally greater relief to low-income households, highlighting how policy design can shape both efficiency and equity in times of crisis.
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Pixels | Le Monde @pixelsfr.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Le « techno-féodalisme » une expression venue de la science-fiction pour désigner la mutation du capitalisme
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Le « techno-féodalisme » une expression venue de la science-fiction pour désigner la mutation du capitalisme
Prenant appui sur le système de domination des seigneurs sur les serfs, ce concept décrit le pouvoir économique et politique exercé sur nos vies par les géants de la Silicon Valley. Avec comme source d’enrichissement non pas le profit, mais la rente.
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EnergyEcoLab @energyecolab.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
EnergyEcoLab will be hiring 2 Postdoctoral Researchers starting September 2025. Application deadline is January 15, 2025. All details are available here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
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