Sublime

It is well‐known that history is written by the victors, but in the era of government money, victors get to decide on the monetary systems, too. The United States summoned representatives of its allies to Bretton Woods in New Hampshire to discuss formulating a new global trading system. History has not been very kind to the architects of this

Europe, as noted earlier, has in a short span of time gone from being the most predictable and stable region—one where history seemed to have truly ended (as suggested in an influential essay published in 1989 by the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama)—to something dramatically different. Democracy, prosperity, and peace all seemed

governing elites

crisis of government in

Obviously Reich’s influence went way beyond just me. Alongside other authors such as Anthony Giddens[411] and Jeremy Rifkin[412], he was instrumental in crafting the message of a new generation of progressive leaders that the era of the steady, lifelong job was over. In a more global and unstable world, lifelong education was the new key to

En 1938, les hommes avaient le choix entre trois grands récits ; en 1968, il n’y en avait plus que deux ; en 1998, il semblait qu’un seul dût l’emporter ; en 2018, il n’y en a plus.

Modernes. Avec eux, il fallait toujours choisir entre l’ancien et le neuf qu’un couperet avait irréversiblement tranchés. Le passé n’était plus ce qui permettait le passage mais ce qui était simplement dépassé.