Here is my monthly column for May for the Economy supplement of the daily Le Monde . It was translated, courtesy of Bénédicte .
For every attempt at a financial overhaul, a similar method has been used: consultation of the financial community by the authorities, followed by negotiations towards a compromise between the demands of…
A couple of weeks ago, my new book Le capitalisme à l’agonie came out, published by Fayard in Paris. Bénédicte has been so kind as to translate the summary I wrote for its backcover.
Le capitalisme à l’agonie (Fayard 2011). Summary In 1989, at the fall of the Berlin Wall, capitalism was triumphant. Deprived…
They were sixteen in the euro zone. With a little help from the International Monetary Fund, they put their strength together to help Greece out. There they were: fifteen blind supporting one lame.
They were fifteen countries still standing in the euro zone. With a little help from the International Monetary Fund, the UK and…
Here an English translation of La machine infernale , my monthly column for March in Le Monde – Économie.
A DEVILISH DEVICE
Only five years ago, we were led to believe that the advertised model of the economic and financial apparatus represented a system that was finally mature: stable because thoroughly predisposed to self-regulate…
An English translation of Feu en la demeure ! , posted on my French blog on February 25.
Ladies and gentlemen of the European regulatory authorities, I am today turning to you: the house is on fire!
Demands that Greece lowers its civil servants’ wages will not save her. Your prodding Greece to tackle tax…
Cityislander’s imaginative translation of “La nuit du 4 août” at the French end of this blog . Many thanks to him!
Exactly 220 years ago (the French Revolution), on the night of August 4th, 1789, the question certainly was not about systemic risk. Yet, on that very night, an event of systemic magnitude occurred:…
A reader of my French blog has taken the trouble of translating my most recent Friday video in English. Many thanks to him!
NEWS is conveyed by letter, word or mouth
. . . but mostly from the Paul Jorion blog…
Here is the communication I made on March 3rd to the Socialist members of the European Parliament in Brussels as my contribution to the one-day conference entitled “Closing the casino: building a fairer and stronger real economy”
Modern societies of European origin were historically built according to a tripartite structure composed of warriors-raiders, priests…
Published in Le Monde – Economie, March 2nd 2009 (transl. Danielle Goodman)
Let’s assume that governments are actively concerned with the interests of the populace at this very moment – an ardent hope of mine. To succeed, their actions have to benefit from a certain surprise effect so as not to be thwarted in advance…
Did you know that on February 17, 2007, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., introduced comprehensive legislation to stop offshore tax haven and tax shelter abuses, the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act , targeting $100 billion in lost tax revenue each year from offshore tax dodges ?
One of…
Original French version at rue89.com .
Does the name “Donald Crowhurst” ring a bell? He was one of the contenders in the Golden Globe Race a non-stop, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race held in 1968–1969. While he was ahead and therefore a potential victor, his radio signals stopped abruptly. His craft was later located but it…
I was Walter Traversy’s guest on CFRA a news only radio station in Toronto, between 2 and 2:30 PM.
The podcast is here . I’m talking in the second part of the program … just after the weather report. But hear Walter introduce me in the nicest way at the very beginning.
I’m…
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