In her latest book, «Désinformation économique», freelance journalist Myret Zaki analyzes the way in which governments and companies juggle information, with the aim of embellishing or even hiding certain facts. A journey to the frontiers of lies.
Synonymous with growth and perpetual change for Joseph Schumpeter, innovation leads to social disintegration for his colleague Karl Polanyi. Two economists look at the consequences of inventions in a market economy.
DOSSIER «THE END OF THE WORLD» | They are sometimes referred to as «prophets of the Apocalypse», or «unreasonable catastrophists». However, beyond the caricature, the proponents of this «science of collapse» have a well-constructed, rational discourse worthy of interest.
Each month, Le Regard Libre presents a philosopher whose thinking differs from, or even runs counter to, certain clichés circulating about him or her. In this article, historian of philosophy Daniel Schulthess explains how Adam Smith's famous concept of the «invisible hand» made him one of the fathers of economics and liberal thought. But our guest editor also shows that Smith, in his work, proposes a different vision of human beings and society than the current proponents of «neo-liberalism», as defined in this article.
Marx studied capitalist economics like taking a watch apart. It was above all the notion of surplus value that enabled him to...
According to Pierre Bessard, there's no doubt about it: wealth-creating capitalist globalization reduces the negative effects of epidemics.
Beyond cryptocurrencies, it's the potential applications of blockchain technology that promise a real revolution. The founding text of bitcoin, less than ten pages long, explains this admirably.
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Today, most companies need to sell as many of their products as possible to generate profits. In order to sell...
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