When the entangled narrative is based on the Bible, the problem is the Bible.
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“How should one define a catastrophic scenario in a situation such as this?”
Frankly has been so kind as to translate my most recent post. The original French version is here.
“How should one define a catastrophic scenario in a situation such as this?”
There is no panic yet in the American financial markets, but disquiet is spreading. The Dow Jones industrial index fell by 3.3% […]
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IGNORING LESSONS LEARNT
My most recent column in the French daily paper Le Monde : Le risque systémique court toujours. As usual the translation is due to Bénédicte.
Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy, on September 15, 2008, and its aftermath – more than one trillion dollars being injected into the financial system – have caught people’s attention about […]
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My lecture at the Zermatt Summit, on the 16th of June 2011
Now online.
I defend my proposal of a prohibition of wagers on the evolution of prices (which was standard in the 19th century) within the framework of a Constitution for the Economy.
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NEDERLAND 2, “Brandpunt”, Sunday 3d July 10:15 p.m.
I’ll be on the Dutch television on Sunday night. I’m being interviewed by Aart Zeeman in a broadcast that kro produces.
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Healthy / destructive system of capitalism (2d version), by Lambert de Haas
Guest post. Taking advantage of my interview with Caroline de Gruyter in NRC Handelsblad, Lambert de Haas has put this all together. He’s expecting your remarks to make further improvements.
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NRC Handelsblad, “Dit kapitalisme is gedoemd te mislukken”, Saturday June 18th 2011
For those of you who read Dutch: an interview I had with Caroline de Gruyter, of the renowned financial daily NRC Handelsblad.
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LE MONDE ÉCONOMIE, e-G8 : the new upcoming world, a spitting image of the old one, June 6th 2011
“Without the networks, Internet is nothing … Internet is not just a question of liberties, it is a question of money.”
When Stéphane Richard, CEO of Orange, one of the main sponsors of the e-G8, held in Paris on 24 and 25 May, uttered these unambiguous words, everybody in France seemed to be relieved: […]
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The financial community has lost all credibility
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 […]
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