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  • A NEW “US” FOR NEW TIMES. VII. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Being more generous when defining Man

    Illustration by DALL·E

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Being more generous when defining Man

    The question of the “us” extends however beyond the borders of the Homo sapiens species. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) in his Essay on the origin of Inequality held the view that…

  • PJ’S Daily Bugle #4 – Free access TO Goods and services

    First free access, then getting rid of money altogether

  • VUB, Jacques Attali: “Peut-on théoriser l’avenir ?”, Wednesday April 17 at 6:30 pm

    I’ve just heard from Jacques Attali who is currently in Shanghai that he will need to be in New York on Thursday morning. This will make it impossible for him to give the lecture planned at the VUB on Wednesday April 17. I’m sure this will be especially disappointing for those of you for whom…

  • VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, fifth lecture, 22nd November 2012

    The Financial World and its Regulators

    The panel discussion which took place after my lecture. Participants were Mathias Dewatripont (BNB-ULB), Jean Bellemans (Vesalius), Thierry Philipponnat (Finance Watch) and Guy Roelandt (Belfius Ins). The moderator was Steven Rombaut, from vrt, the Flemish Belgian radio and television.