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Macky Sall
Africa: Leading from the Heart
As it continues to develop at an impressive pace, Africa remains widely misunderstood, and at times, even looked down upon.
Didier Cahen
The Euro Is in Danger
The euro was created twenty-five years ago. Where do we stand today? I
Jacques de Larosière
France's Decline: Is It Reversible? Turning the tables and breaking out of servitude
In this new book, Jacques de Larosière analyzes the causes of France’s decline. Taking the elites to task, he calls for a quick and decisive end to the politics of denial and easy monetary and fiscal solutions.
Philippe Cury, Daniel Pauly
Obstinate Nature
“A system is viable only if it combines speed and slowness,” write Philippe Cury and Daniel Pauly. “Nature’s cycles tell us that viability requires a combination of these dynamics—fast and slow, innovation and inertia.”...
Pierre-André de Chalendar
The Urban Challenge Reviving the desire to live in a city
Once the seductive symbol of sophistication and unlimited possibility, the city has become synonymous in our imagination with sprawl...
Jacques de Larosière
Putting an end to the reign of financial illusion : for real growth
“We all know that our world has become very indebted over the past decades and that its ‘financialization’ has reached proportions never observed before, at least in peacetime. [...]” J. de L.
Itzhak Fried, Alain Berthoz, Gretty M. Mirdal
The Brains That Pull the Triggers Syndrome E
History shows us the same grim phenomenon over and over: under extreme circumstances, apparently ordinary citizens turn into merciless torturers and systematic executioners of defenseless victims...
Pierre-Noël Giraud
The Useless Man A Political Economy of Populism
Today, the “wretched of the earth” are no longer those oppressed by colonization, but rather the unemployed and the working poor, migrants and refugees, landless peasants depending on public or familial assistance to survive—in a word, the economically useless.
