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Realizing the centrality and power of law for coding capital has important implications for understanding the political economy of capitalism.
Katharina Pistor • The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
When you come to understand why, you are much closer to recognizing what the fall of the Berlin Wall and the death of Communism really mean. Far from assuring that the democratic welfare state will be a triumphant system, as has been widely assumed, it was more like seeing that a fraternal twin has died of old age. The same megapolitical revolution
... See moreJames Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age



États lourds vs États minimalistes Si la thèse que les États vont devoir diminuer leur taille pour rester pertinents au XXIe siècle est juste, ce sont les politiques qui iront dans ce sens qui auront les meilleurs résultats pour l’économie et le bien-être des populations à terme. Cela veut dire que les partis politiques qui vont promettre une
... See moreOlivier Roland • Tout Le Monde N'aura Pas La Chance De Quitter Son Pays
What followed after Volcker was a new kind of institutional arrangement that Minsky called “money manager capitalism”, driven by a new breed of institutional investors in pension funds, insurance companies, and mutual funds. Unlike the immediate postwar, long-term capital development of the nation was off the table, replaced instead by the pursuit
... See moreBoston University • Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis and Modern Economics
Mais, loin de tout déterminisme ou de tout manichéisme, il en dévoile les dimensions multiples et contradictoires : la passion de l’égalité, qui fonde la démocratie, peut se retourner contre la liberté pour frayer la voie au despotisme.
Nicolas Baverez • Le Monde selon Tocqueville: Combats pour la liberté (French Edition)
The Economic Consequences of Peace
