There is a very fashionable scenario in Paris at the moment: why reform? The global financial crisis is almost over; the world is at the end of an economic cycle; growth will return soon everywhere and especially in the West; first in the United States and then in Europe…
For a very long time, in France, the political powers have enjoyed requesting reports. More precisely, they have requested them since the early 1780s, when the new monarch, who would meet a tragic fate, constrained by a major food,…
If we do not want the current upturn in the financial markets (which gives the illusion that the euro is saved) to be a parenthesis between two storms, it is urgent to restore economic growth and for this, to clarify the political strategy required.
Here’s a riddle: in what country are the richest 1% paying 41% of all the income taxes and where the richest 5% are paying more than 65%?
Grenoble, Marseilles, and Strasbourg. Three cities, that were the place of three recent tragic events, with no relationships among them, and many would like to make them appear as simple or ordinary news items. In Grenoble, two young men were massacred by a gang of thugs, for a misinterpreted look.
Depuis trois ans, les Américains ont réussi à faire croire qu’il n’y avait plus de crise qu’en Europe. Et mieux, même, que l’Europe en était la seule cause, sans vouloir admettre que les désordres financiers ont commencé avec l’endettement excessif des ménages américains, et avec la titrisation de ces emprunts…
Jacques Attali will speak from 4:30pm to 6pm during the round table “What does sharing mean?”, that will take place in the Grand Amphithéâtre of La Sorbonne.
Two fundamental trends, apparently unrelated, combine today in France. On the one hand, a growing number of young French people, with or without degrees, leave the country.
