This figure, which has just been published by the Ministry of Durable Development, has been completely unnoticed. Comments have been focused on EDF C.F.O. resignation and the risks associated with the building of two nuclear power plants in Hinkley Point, England. These two issues are much more connected than it is usually thought. But, don’t tell it !

Our power exports have increased by 10% in 2015 and if we deduct imports, the surplus reach 2,3 billions euros, 7,1% more than in 2014. This is one of the highest contributions to France trade balance, more or ...

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Just 80 years ago, John Maynard Keynes published his “General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”. Apart maybe from Adam Smith “Wealth of Nations” and Karl Marx “Capital”, no work related to economic matters was as influential on world situation and inspired so many passionate comments than Keynes treatise. But, unlike the previous two, it is still a hot issue since for instance in France where it is a political rift, and not only inside the left. The book was not his attempt. As a civil servant at the British Treasury, he participated to the negotiations which will end to ...

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Carlos Tavares, et pas Carlos Ghosn, bien sûr. Les résultats que Peugeot vient d’annoncer et les mesures qui les accompagnent constituent une belle leçon que nos « élites » feraient bien de méditer. Le rétablissement plus rapide que prévu des comptes du constructeur automobile est le résultat de deux choix stratégiques essentiels de sa direction.

La priorité donnée à la Chine, d’abord. PSA était présent en Chine depuis le début des années 80, mais ses dirigeants successifs n’ont pas su en tirer avantage, à la différence de Volkswagen ...

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