The temptation to pursue an industrial policy hangs over Switzerland. Yet recent economic history, from the watchmaking industry to the Lucens nuclear reactor fiasco, shows that state intervention weakens rather than strengthens the national economy.
Protectionism is often denounced as the natural enemy of prosperity, and lends itself to caricature. When...
American tariffs symbolize the resurgence of mercantilism. Imperial withdrawal, scarcity of resources, militarized trade: with the end of free trade, the global economy is reverting to its old reflexes. A zero-sum game in which all lose, except those who dictate the rules.
I had come to celebrate my thirtieth birthday in the city of carnival. But behind the gondolas, I discovered an ancient republic built on water, order and trade. A precursor of free trade, more relevant than ever at a time of protectionist retreats.
Uzbekistan's top sportsmen and women are often seen as spokespeople for the country's openness to the world, but also for the slow pace of economic liberalization within the country.
The continent enjoyed free trade and decentralized institutions for centuries before the arrival of the colonizers. Today, Africa's revitalization is in the hands of its citizens.
Lawyer, historian and Les Républicains MP for the third constituency of Seine-et-Marne, Jean-Louis Thiériot is the author of the first French-language biography of Margaret Thatcher. Ten years after her death, we take a look back at a personality who left her mark on history.
LONG FORM ARTICLE, Diego Taboada | The 2019 European elections are presented in most media as a referendum for or against immigration. Why not instead see it as an opportunity to rethink the system as a whole and finally propose reforms to save the European Union?
Free trade is out of fashion, not so much because politicians don't believe in it as because they prefer to lie to the public rather than have the courage to explain the benefits of open markets. The recent example of CETA bears witness to this.
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