I hope that we shall here authorize the columnist of l’Express to talk, for once, a bit about himself: I practice many professions at the same time, which feed on each other. Economist, banker, manager of an international institution, amateur conductor in my leisure time; these activities nourish my thinking as a writer and journalist…
Et si on en parlait du rapport de la commission que je préside? Les premières réactions après la publication du rapport vendredi 15 octobre n’échappent pas a la tradition: chacun y voit ce qu’il veut y voir, sans se donner de lire plus que ce qui lui permet de conforter sa thèse…
The financial crisis has not finished surprising us by its paradoxical dimensions.
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…
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.
Il crac sfiorato dalla Grecia rischia di travolgere l’Europa intera. Jacques Attali, grande economista francese, ci spiega nel suo ultimo saggio e in questa intervista che reagire si può. Affidandosi a qualità straordinarie e sorprendenti: il rispetto di se stessi, la creatività, il pensiero rivoluzionario…
Finché c’è vita c’è speranza, per dirla alla Alberto Sordi. Ciononostante anche se non tutto è perduto siamo messi male e non ce ne rendiamo conto come dovremmo. A partire da noi europei, cittadini, governanti, élites, almeno a leggere Sopravvivere alla crisi dell’intellettuale francese Jacques Attali. Il quale, se deve indicare un film che rispecchi il suo pensiero sul nostro oggi fosco e turbolento, indica Blade Runner, capolavoro di Ridley Scott…
While EU leaders were scattered, some in pathetically futile election debates , others in non-emergency travel to the new Chinese master, the markets (which we were all quite happy to use, for years, to borrow from to maintain a lifestyle which our work did not justify any more) began to hold us accountable.
