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Industry: how to get out of Olson’s paradox? By Nicolas Bouzou
Olson’s paradox is one of the simplest and most powerful theorems in political economy. It tells us that individuals may wish to achieve a collective goal but never succeed because…
For fifty years we have been bathed in spendthrift cowardice, by Nicolas Bouzou
It is likely that the debate on the increase in compulsory levies will return to France, which is legitimate. After all, our public debt, even slightly down in 2022, remains…
The third globalization has begun, by Nicolas Bouzou
Global warming, the Covid pandemic and geopolitical tensions are tipping us into what Harvard economics professor Dani Rodrik calls “productivism”. It is for States to encourage companies to produce by…
Finance: the planet on high alert, by Nicolas Bouzou
Without lucidity, there is no problem solving. It should therefore be said that the banking crisis is serious. Denial would be catastrophic. In a few days, we witnessed the second…
ChatGPT: a bigger revolution than printing, by Nicolas Bouzou
The possibility offered to the public to use ChatGPT will have had the immense merit of placing artificial intelligence (AI) at the heart of our debates. Finally we talk about…
Germany: economic software to be reinvented, by Nicolas Bouzou
For a long time, French political and economic debates took Germany as a point of reference, which was not lacking in justification. Before the 2000s, our neighbor was, economically, the…
Nicolas Bouzou and Anne-Sophie Joly: Against obesity, prevention is more necessary than ever
During the presidential campaign, Emmanuel Macron had proposed to start a “revolution of prevention” in the medical field. The idea was good but the implementation seems sluggish. The recent figures…
Health, nuclear, immigration… French mediocrity seen by Nicolas Bouzou
Many of them have bent over the bedside of France, in search of neuroses and pathologies specific to our nation. Alain Peyrefitte has detected a “French evil” fueled by centralism…
Russian oil: against Putin, let’s strengthen the sanctions that work, by Nicolas Bouzou
In the latest edition of its half-yearly forecast, the IMF announced that Russia would return to the path of positive growth in 2024. This growth should even be, that year,…
Dividends: five misconceptions conveyed by the left, by Nicolas Bouzou
Responding to the anti-billionaire passion that gripped some would-be Nupes revolutionaries, Bernard Arnault courteously declared that “the French don’t know the economy well.” What some have called social contempt is…