
“L’économie, c’est l’étude de la manière dont la société gère ses ressources rares.”
Principes de l’économie, 1998
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“L’économie, c’est l’étude de la manière dont la société gère ses ressources rares.”
Principes de l’économie, 1998
It is also a fact that America is too democratic at home to be autocratic abroad. This limits the use of America's power, especially its capacity for military intimidation. Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions of a sudden threat or challenge to the public's sense of domestic well-being. The economic self-denial (that is defense spending), and the human sacrifice (casualties even among professional soldiers) required in the effort are uncongenial to democratic instincts. Democracy is inimical to imperial mobilization.
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Le Grand Echiquier - 1997
Réponse à la question « comment résumeriez-vous les principales propositions de la nouvelle macroéconomie keynésienne? »
Perestroïka et contre-perestroïka, 1991, La crise de l'économie