Philippe Chalmin

Philippe Chalmin (born 22 October 1951) is a French historian and liberal economist, specializing in raw materials markets. He is the founder of the Cyclops Circle, which has published each year since 1986 a comprehensive report on the state and prospects of global commodity markets.

Philippe Chalmin
Chalmin in 2009
Born	(1951-10-22) 22 October 1951 Bordeaux, France
Alma mater	HEC Paris Paris-Sorbonne University
Occupation	Economist

Biography

Youth and studies

Philippe Chalmin studied at HEC Paris, from which he graduated in 1974. He obtained his aggregation in history in 1977, then he graduate with a PhD in 1981 from Paris-Sorbonne University. His thesis is entitled “The Emergence of a Multinational Firm in the World Sugar Economy: Tate and Lyle, 1860-1980”.

Professional career

Assistant to the research and study group on agri-food strategies at HEC Paris from 1974 to 1976, from 1976 to 1991 he was successively assistant, assistant professor and deputy laboratory director at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers.

He is also an economic advisor to the French Credit Insurance Company, a part-time associate university professor in economics at Paris Dauphine University from 1994 to 2006, then a full university professor in contemporary history since 2006 and director DESS then Master 212 in international affairs since 1999.

He is also Foreign Trade Advisor to France (1993), economic advisor to the Euler group until 2003, member of the European and International Prospective Council for Agriculture and Food (2003), consultant to the World Bank, and member of the Conseil d'Analyse Économique to the Prime Minister (2006).

A specialist in the raw materials market, he considers them a “curse”, taking the example of the Dutch disease. Each year, he coordinates the publication of the Cyclops report (Cycles and orientations of products and trade) on global markets. This report publishes a comprehensive report each year on the status and outlook of global commodity markets. Philippe Chalmin is also the founder and leader since 2000 of Club Ulysse, one of the main French economists' clubs.

A columnist, he appears on the show 'Y'a pas que le CAC' on I-Télé opposite Bernard Maris, but also on France Musique, and writes numerous columns in the press (Le Monde, La Croix, Le Nouvel Économiste).

Since July 2010, he has been president of the observatory for the formation of prices and margins for food products, an administrative commission of an advisory nature.

Positions taken

In 2011, he was a candidate for the senatorial elections in Hauts-de-Seine on the MoDem list led by Denis Badré, but failed to be elected.

During the 2012 presidential election, he signed with eighteen other economists a call to vote for Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round.

During the 2017 presidential election, he was one of three economists working on François Fillon's program.

Awards

• Officer of the Legion of Honor
• Knight of the National Order of Merit
• Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit
• Gold medal from the Academy of Agriculture

Publications

• Crises 1929, 1974, 2008 : histoire et espérances, éditions Bourin, 2013, 96 p. ISBN 978-2-84941-373-9
• Demain, j'ai 60 ans : journal, 2010-2011, éditions Bourin, 2011, 422 p. ISBN 978-2-8494-1282-4
• Le siècle de Jules, éditions Bourin, 2010, 119 p. ISBN 978-2-84941-143-8
• Le monde a faim, éditions Bourin, 2009, 137 p. ISBN 978-2-84941-111-7
• Le poivre et l'or noir : l'extraordinaire épopée des matières premières, éditions Bourin, 2007, 138 p. ISBN 978-2-84941-074-5. Republished by the same publisher in 2008 under the title Des épices à l'or noir ISBN 978-2-84941-102-5
• Le marché : éloge et réfutations, Economica, 2000, 59 p. ISBN 2-7178-4097-4
• La mondialisation a-t-elle une âme ?, Economica, 1998, 194 p. ISBN 2-7178-3769-8
• Matières premières et commodités, Economica, 1990, as well as all Cyclops reports