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A Violent World
During the 1990s Francis Fukuyama announced the end of history. The 2000s showed how it is an illusion to imagine a peaceful world without conflict. In this book, the authors explore how six major constraints are set to fix the trajectory of the global economy. Three of them are new: the...
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Global Capitalism vs Diverse Societies: Challenges for Europe
This article was written by two members of Le Cercle des économistes, Catherine Lubochinsky and Jean-Pisani Ferry, at the occasion of its 2007 forum, Les Rencontres Economiques d'Aix-en-Provence : "Which capitalism for the 21th century ?" As an epigraph to a recent paper where he describes...
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Transforming France for dynamism and inclusion
The Nobel Prize of Economics and Professor at the university of Columbia Edmund Phelps gives his insight of France during his participation to Les Rencontres Economiques d'Aix-en-Provence 2007 on the Theme : "Which capitalism for the 21th century ?" Read the full article in pdf First, let me say...
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Europe: a success story
Joschka Fisher, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, presents its vision of Europe during Les Rencontres Economiques d'Aix-en-Provence 2007. If you look at Europe today, it is a great success story. One generation ago, the continent was in a very different situation. It was war-ridden...
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Economic Rendez-vous of the Mediterranean 2012
"New powers, new economic programs in the Mediterranean" Rarely the situation of the Mediterranean has seemed so uncertain. On one side the unprecedented economic crisis and on the other a political revolution which seeks stability. This exceptional situation should allow a rebound in the...
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