Tag: Ideas and debates
Thorniké Gordadze, ex-Georgian minister: “If there is trouble in Russia, Putin will invade us”
Former Georgian minister in charge of relations with the European Union and Putin, Thorniké Gordadzé looks back on the troubled fate of his country since its invasion by Russia in…
“To beat the patriarchy, get rich”: when France discovers financial feminism
“The best way to beat the patriarchy? Get rich.” This is the leitmotif of the American Tori Dunlap, author of the podcast Her first 100k which provides financial education lessons…
“End of story”: what if Fukuyama was right?
In the post-Cold War era, three American academics rose to fame by daring to predict the future of geopolitics. With The end of the story (1992), Francis Fukuyama heralded the…
Why capitalism is the answer to poverty and starvation, by Rainer Zitelmann
Before the emergence of capitalism, the majority of the world’s population was mired in extreme poverty. In 1820, approximately 90% of the world’s population lived in absolute poverty. Today, less…
Pensions: the pay-as-you-go system is not ecologically sustainable, by Antoine Buéno
Researchers and representatives of environmental NGOs have just published a Tribune explaining that in the name of the ecological fight, they oppose pension reform. Because “to work more is to…
Energy independence: those who put France in the ditch, by Sylvain Fort
The commission of inquiry aimed at establishing the reasons for the loss of sovereignty and energy independence, subtly chaired by the deputy (LR) Raphaël Schellenberger, offers, let us say it…
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…
Houellebecq, his wife, porn, his trial… When reality catches up with fiction
A year earlier, in February 2022, Hélène Carrère d’Encausse called Michel Houellebecq, “visionary” according to her, at the French Academy. At the same time in the very serious Review of…
War in Ukraine: “The preferred scenario is that of an implosion of the Russian system”
The historian and journalist Pierre Servent, expert in military strategy and specialist in defense issues, is the author of Tomorrow’s world – Understanding the planetary consequences of the Ukrainian shock…
War in Ukraine: Edgar Morin’s indulgences
At 102, he could stay in bed all day, listening to music and birdsong. He chose the opposite. After the publication of his Memoirs (Lessons from a century of lifeDenoël)…