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Trump, Macron: same fight

It is customary to contrast Trump and Macron: on one hand the vulgar American businessman with his xenophobic tweets and global warming scepticism; and on the other, the well-educated, enlightened European with his concern for dialogue between different cultures and sustainable development. All this is not entirely false and rather pleasing to French ears. But if we take a closer look at the policies being implemented, one is struck by the similarities. In particular, Trump, like...

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The Catalan syndrom

Is the crisis in Catalonia due to over-centralization and the intransigeance of the authorities in Madrid? Or is it instead due to generalized competition between regions and countries rivalling with each other, each pursuing their own interests, a process which has already gone much too far both in Spain and in Europe? Let’s take a step backwards. To explain the tougher pro-independence stand, reference is often made to the decision by the Spanish constitutional tribunal in 2010 to...

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Thomas Piketty | Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert | Folgen der ökonomische Ungleichheit

We always have to keep in mind that a Documentary, after all, can tell lies and it can tell lies because it lays claim to a form of veracity which fiction doesn't. Rebell oder Rockstar sind keine Begriffe, die man in der Regel mit Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern verbindet. Aber sie scheinen an dem Franzosen Thomas Piketty . Rebell oder Rockstar sind keine Begriffe, die man in der Regel mit Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern verbindet. Aber sie scheinen an dem Franzosen Thomas Piketty. Wer diese...

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Budget 2018: French youth sacrified

To date the debate on the 2018 budget in France has concentrated on the question of tax gifts to the most wealthy. De facto, the abolition of the wealth tax and the measures in favour of top dividends and interests will cost the State budget over 5 billion euros. But it is also important to insist on the other side of the coin, in other words the losers in the 2018 budget and, in particular, on the young people sacrificed as a consequence of the fall in student expenditure per capita...

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Invité : Jacques Cheminade / Thomas Piketty – L’épreuve de vérité (12/04/2017)

Débat. Débat. Thomas Piketty, soutien de Hamon, s'attaque à Le Pen et à la sortie de l'Euro chez Bourdin « BOURDIN 2017 » liens . JENA-JACQUES . Débat. Débat. Thomas Piketty, soutien de Hamon, s'attaque à Le Pen et à la sortie de l'Euro chez Bourdin « BOURDIN 2017 » liens . JENA-JACQUES . Avec : 00:54 Jacques CHEMINADE : Candidat à la présidentielle, 20:30 Thomas PIKETTY : Économiste, Soutien de Benoît Hamon . Présenté par Michel . L'économiste Thomas Piketty, qui soutient...

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