In 2022, according to the latest available statistics, more than 740 million people did not have enough to eat; that’s almost 20% of the population of Africa, 8.5% of Asia, 6.5% of America and 4% of Europe. 260 million of…
In the great sell-out of concepts and practices, many on the extreme left and right are talking about doing away with democracy. Others, sometimes the same ones, are talking about putting an end to capitalism. None of this makes the…
The most difficult questions are usually the simplest. The so-called experts avoid them to feed on, both literally and figuratively, obscure debates on minor subjects, forgetting to focus on the essentials, usually because it bother them. In economics, for example,…
We all know the figures: the world’s population is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, and even more if the recent trend towards lower school enrolment rates for girls continues. Most of this population will live in developing countries…
For those who still believe that stock markets steer decisions in the most rational way, or that governments do what is necessary to control them, a look at what’s happening right now should be enough to change your mind. In…
In a century’s time of the History ( if a century could be called History), 2023 will be for France, the time where people revolted against an unacceptable crime committed by authority figures, and that as a result, a few…
I have been called the “bearer of bad news” far too often for me not to be on my guard about risks and opportunities. That being said, I am convinced that opportunities can only be seized once risks have been…
In these troubled times, when countless clouds are gathering over our heads, heralding destructive storms, it is urgent to praise mathematics, that difficult science, the most abstract of all, the furthest removed from the realities of the world. This science…
It’s quite classic, and common to all eras, to think that what’s happening to us is unique and that nothing so important has ever happened to anyone else; and in a way, it is true, because this is the only…
