Tag: ideas-chronicles
the hesitation-waltz of the Chinese regulator
Lhe regulatory world is not a priori the most exciting, but, in China, it can cause drama. At the end of December, the National Administration of Press and Publications performed…
“Encouraging economic inefficiency through customs barriers, as Trump advocates, leads to impoverishment”
“Tariff Man 2” or the return of the “tariff man”. This is not a blockbuster from Marvel Studios, but a remake of an already proven political scenario: the election of…
“France will never be able to compete with the low-wage countries of the Old Continent”
“Build your dreams” (“build your dreams”), promises the Chinese manufacturer BYD. Those from France, who hoped to see BYD build its first European factory for the production of electric cars…
“2023 will remain as the year of the two wars”
Din the history books of this first quarter of 21e century, 2023 will go down as the year of the two wars. On the northern borders of Europe, Ukraine has…
after COP28, “the alarms of climate activists remain entirely justified”
IIt is very difficult to judge the results of COP28, which met at the beginning of December in Dubai. Some retain significant and concrete commitments such as the tripling of…
“For 2024, we need a new narrative capable of outlining a green transition”
NOTe love to tell stories. It’s even what defines us best: in his best-seller Sapiens. A brief history of humanity (Albin Michel, 2015), historian Yuval Noah Harari explains thatHomo sapiens…
“Fueled by a just-in-time economy, maritime transport remains fragile”
FShould he hoist the white flag to cross the Red Sea? Or, safer, avoid the perilous Bab Al-Mandab Strait, this 27 kilometer wide “gate of lamentations” which opens access to…
“When we see how the divisions are developing in France, we expect youth and cultural centers to be supported. They are not”
OWe often talk about MJCs when they are going badly. It’s unfair but it reflects their mission: thankless, far from the glitter, on harsh terrain, with modest means. The approximately…
“The American working classes are doing much better than expected”
Le Financial Times didn’t come back. “How would you feel if you discovered that income inequality in the United States has not increased over the last sixty years? That the…
“Even if the leniency of the S&P rating agency offered respite to the French executive, the mechanics of the economy seem to be seizing up”
JUntil recently, the cause was heard in Macronie: if there was one area in which the president could be proud of his record, it was the economy. End of mass…
In Beijing, the China-European Union summit promises to be difficult
Lhe Chinese President, Xi Jinping, and the Prime Minister, Li Qiang, will receive in Beijing, on December 7, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the…
“The Sam Altman affair showed that the artificial intelligence doomsayers have lost a battle”
“Catastrophism leads to catastrophe. » This mockery published on X comes from the director of artificial intelligence research at Meta (Facebook, Instagram) Yann LeCun. This AI optimist joked about the…