Everyone now knows the situation in Pakistan, which became catastrophic following the worst floods in 80 years: thousands dead, at least 20 million people, or one tenth of the population without shelter and more than six million without drinking water and without food
Le débat sur la sécurité du BlackBerry, (lancé récemment dans certains pays qui ne supportent pas qu’il leur soit impossible de briser les codes de transmission des messages) et plusieurs articles dans la presse spécialisée américaine (Clive Thomson, The death of the phone call, Wired) posent la question de l’avenir du téléphone mobile…
Dans un article extrait du journal Les Echos du 22 juillet dernier, Jacques Attali, président de la Commission pour la libération de la croissance française, répond aux questions d’Étienne Lefebvre et Frédéric Schaeffer sur la situation des finances publiques et les moyens de l’améliorer.
Without security there can be no growth, in any case not legal growth, and to have security, we must be able to exert authority
The slip of the tongue of the Prime Minister, perhaps because of fatigue due to jet lag, is welcome. We cannot continue to refuse to recognize that rigor is needed, urgently. Our deficits are abyssal, those of the State and of Social Security, local authorities and other public services…
According to their founding fathers, capitalism and democracy could not function without respect for moral rules based on fairness and transparency.
Pour éviter les déséquilibres et le chômage de masse, une gouvernance mondiale est indispensable.
Every day we see cumulative evidence of the growing contradiction between the market and democracy. Democracy means borders. Geographical boundaries that define its jurisdiction. Functional boundaries, which define the areas covered by the policy.
