Positive Economy

Pour éviter les déséquilibres et le chômage de masse, une gouvernance mondiale est indispensable.

Every day we see cumulative evidence of the growing contradiction between the market and democracy. Democracy means borders. Geographical boundaries that define its jurisdiction. Functional boundaries, which define the areas covered by the policy.

Finché c’è vita c’è speranza, per dirla alla Alberto Sordi. Ciononostante anche se non tutto è perduto siamo messi male e non ce ne rendiamo conto come dovremmo. A partire da noi europei, cittadini, governanti, élites, almeno a leggere Sopravvivere alla crisi dell’intellettuale francese Jacques Attali. Il quale, se deve indicare un film che rispecchi il suo pensiero sul nostro oggi fosco e turbolento, indica Blade Runner, capolavoro di Ridley Scott…

While EU leaders were scattered, some in pathetically futile election debates , others in non-emergency travel to the new Chinese master, the markets (which we were all quite happy to use, for years, to borrow from to maintain a lifestyle which our work did not justify any more) began to hold us accountable.

The world financial
crisis is slipping in a crisis of public finances. Due to increasing inventive
twisted ways to borrow without saying so, markets do not believe Governments
will be able to restore their balance and are betting that something will
collapse.

Avec Steve Jobs, l’innovation n’est jamais dans un progrès technique spécifique, mais dans la combinaison d’innombrables innovations venues d’ailleurs, en un système capable de faciliter la vie.