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Il existe un nombre impressionnant d'indicateurs économiques, et de développement. Les indicateurs économiques s'intéressent exclusivement aux éléments quantitatits, convertibles en argent ; les indicateurs de développement (dits composites ou synthétiques) tiennent compte d'autres aspects de la vie. To…
The website of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provides an interesting interactive map: There is more to life than the cold numbers of GDP and economic statistics – This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has i…
The 2019 edition of Oxfam's annual report revolves around the question "Public Good or private wealth?" Here is his summary: Boomtime for the world’s billionaires It is 10 years since the financial crisis that shook our world and caused enormous suffering. In that time, the fortunes of t…
Frédéric Lordon jest popularnym we Francji socjologiem, filozofem i ekonomistą. Pisuje w stylu barokowym i pełnym francusko-francuskich odnośników, co nie ułatwia tłumaczenia. O ile wpis na blogu , którego adaptację polską proponuję poniżej, jest krytyką tradycyjnej, francuskiej lewicy, o tyle jego k…
Je salue Le Média Presse , le seul média qui avait eu l'honnêteté de traduire le Manifeste de «Aufstehen», mouvement citoyen allemand fondé le 4 septembre 2018 par Sahra Wagenknecht (Die Linke). S'agit-il vraiment d'un mouvement «anti-migrants» comme nous le caricaturent unisono les médias mainstree…
First the nazis came for the Kommunists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Kommunist. Then they came for the Social Democrats, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Social Democrat. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Union…
Guillaume Pitron , journaliste pour Le Monde Diplomatique, Géo ou National Geographic, s'est intéressé aux matières premières de la transition énergétique. Six ans d’enquête à travers une douzaine de pays, et un livre: «La guerre des métaux rares, La face cachée de la transition énergétique et numérique». En …
68.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. Among them are nearly 25.4 million refugees, over half of whom are under the age of 18. — 40 million of internally displaced people; — 25.4 million are refugees (19.9 million under UNHCR mandate + 5.4 mln Palestinian refugees registered by UNRWA); — …
Earth Overshoot Day (EOD), previously known as Ecological Debt Day (EDD), is the calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity’s resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year. Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by dividing the world bio…
Wynne Godley (1926-2010) was an British economist. He predicted that the 1973–74 economic boom would end, and that unemployment would hit 3 million in the 1980s. In 1992 he warned that without shared fiscal policy to replace currency movements there would be problems with monetary union in E…
