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Capitalism and Its Critics by John Cassidy — Two Centuries of Tensions for Understanding the Populist Moment
When Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump draw from the same economic anger, when inequalities return to their pre-1929 levels, when capitalism traverses a crisis of legitimacy unprecedented in a century, it becomes urgent to understand how we arrived here. John Cassidy's new book proposes a key to inter
The EU-Mercosur Agreement Tests European Cohesion Against Global Protectionist Retreat
The free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur will enter provisional application on May 1, 2026, creating a commercial zone of more than 700 million people representing 25% of global GDP. After 25 years of negotiations, the treaty was signed on January 17, 2026 by qualified majori
Indonesia Imposes Its Will on the Global Nickel Market and Redefines Industrial Power Dynamics
Indonesia has increased its market share from 31.5% in 2020 to 60.2% in 2024, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. This meteoric rise rests on an audacious strategy: forcing foreign companies to build their processing plants on Indonesian soil to access nickel, a metal indispensable to the s
Universal Basic Income Weakened by Its Own American Experiments
Among 122 pilot programs conducted in 33 states between 2017 and 2025, the four most rigorous studies show an average decline of 3.2 percentage points in employment. This data reveals a troubling methodological paradox: small experiments flatter the universal basic income thesis while large ones con
The Amazon Proves That Governance Matters More Than Markets in Forest Preservation
Detected deforestation fell to 1,325 km² between August 2025 and January 2026, representing a 35% decrease compared to a year earlier. This exceptional decline in the Brazilian Amazon marks the lowest level for this period since 2014. For the first time in decades, a state has empirically proven tha
China Exports Its Anti-Desertification Campaign to Africa and Redefines South-South Cooperation
36.6 million hectares reforested during China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025). In the Sahara Desert, fruit trees are growing thanks to a Chinese technology called SHUBAO. This technological transplantation transforms Chinese domestic successes into environmental diplomacy, revealing a new model of
South Korea Makes Nuclear Fusion a Geopolitical Stake with 102 Seconds of Plasma
In February 2024, the KSTAR nuclear fusion reactor, operated by the Korean Fusion Energy Institute (KFE) in South Korea, maintained a superheated plasma at 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 consecutive seconds. The 48-second record (2024) improved the previous record of 30 seconds (2021), placing S
Artificial Neurons Successfully Communicate with Living Cells
The neuromorphic computing market will explode from 28.5 million to 1.325 billion dollars by 2030, representing growth of 89.7% per year. This projection finds an unexpected catalyst in the laboratories of Northwestern University: printed artificial neurons that do not merely imitate the brain—they
The Global Economy Rediscovers the Persistence of Gender Inequality at Work
Women contribute 55% of global working time but receive only 28% of labor income. This stark asymmetry revealed by the World Inequality Report 2026 exposes one of the most spectacular distortions in contemporary economics. Far from diminishing, gender inequality remains structural and persistent, re
Generative AI Reveals That Constraints Stimulate Human Creativity
300 million ChatGPT users each week. This critical mass of adoption reveals a fascinating paradox: 2025 studies show that AI exhibits the same fixation biases as humans, confirming that constraints foster innovation rather than hinder it. This convergence between cognitive research and massive usage
The Collapse of International Financing Threatens Two Decades of Progress in Global Health
Health aid is expected to fall by 35 to 40 percent this year compared to 2023, representing 10 billion dollars less, according to the WHO. This budgetary hemorrhage is hitting hard a sector that was nevertheless recording remarkable successes: 1.4 billion additional people are living in better healt
'Do the French Still Want to Work?' by Anne de Guigné — the investigation that dismantles clichés about French laziness
An essay that comes at the right moment. While Mitterrand's lowering of the legal retirement age to 60 and the introduction of the 35-hour week signaled to the French that working less constituted social progress in itself, Anne de Guigné's essay, Do the French Still Want to Work?, published by Plon
Mars Becomes a Laboratory of Prebiotic Chemistry
Twenty-one organic molecules detected in a Martian rock sample 3.5 billion years old, seven of which have never before been observed on Mars. This discovery by Amy Williams' team at the University of Florida, published in Nature Communications, fundamentally reshapes our understanding of Martian pre
Independent Publishing Transforms Sectoral Crisis Into Competitive Advantage
Independence is no longer a fallback model, but a strategic choice. Major distributors favor large publishing houses, forcing independent publishing to completely rethink its distribution channels. This unexpected pressure becomes a catalyst for innovation. The majority of sales for independent auth
AI Reinvents Its Energy Efficiency and Reduces Consumption by 100 Times
A reduction in energy consumption of 100 times with 95% success rate: the neuro-symbolic approach has just demonstrated that it can transform the energy equation of artificial intelligence. This innovation could make AI accessible to all, but it also reveals its limitations when facing generalizatio
After Running Their Half-Marathon, Humanoid Robots Arrive in the Factory
A Chinese robot has just broken the human world record for the half-marathon in 50 minutes 26 seconds in Beijing. This notable performance reveals the scale of a silent transformation: 2026 marks the transition of humanoid robots from the status of technological gadgets to that of viable industrial
AI Transforms Jobs Massively Without Eliminating Them, The Great Misunderstanding About Automation
50% of American jobs will be substantially transformed by AI by 2028, but only 10-15% risk being eliminated over five years. This analysis of 165 million jobs by BCG reveals an unexpected reality: artificial intelligence is redesigning work more than it is destroying it. Behind the polarized debate
Europe Trains a Generation in AI Entrepreneurial Skills Facing Sino-American Dominance
In 10 European countries, 12,000 students are already building applied AI projects through the AI-ENTR4YOUTH program, a three-year initiative coordinated by JA Europe and supported by Intel and the European Commission. While Europe lags behind the United States and China in the technology race, this
France Transforms Brain Drain Into Global Geostrategic Opportunity
The expatriation of these graduates represents a direct cost to public finances, estimated between 870 and 960 million euros per year. This budgetary hemorrhage reveals the scale of a phenomenon that questions the French model: 8.9% of graduate engineers leave to work abroad following their training
Brazil Transforms Its Energy Surplus into a Magnet for the Global Digital Economy
54.2 gigawatts of demand projected on Brazil's national grid by 2038, more than half the peak electricity consumption ever recorded in the country (105 GW in February 2025). According to the Brazilian Energy Research Company (EPE), this demand concerns 26.3 GW for data centers and 27.9 GW for hydrog
French Social and Solidarity Economy: Paradox of a Giant with Feet of Clay
2.37 million jobs, 221,325 enterprises, approximately 5 to 6% of French GDP: the social and solidarity economy possesses the most developed ecosystem in the world. Yet this success masks a fundamental paradox: the more it grows, the more it runs into financing limits. The State provides it with 16 b
The EU Deploys Digital Identity to Counter American Tech Giants
Europe Creates Its Own Infrastructure to Escape Google and Apple's Grip 450 million Europeans will have access to the European digital identity wallet by the end of 2026. This digital sovereignty infrastructure aims to counter the dominance of American technology giants in online authentication. Yet
When France Chooses Austerity While Germany Stimulates: Two Political Models Put to the Test
French growth forecast at 0.8-0.9% in 2026 compared to 1.7% for Germany according to OFCE marks a historic shift. For the first time in decades, Germany is experimenting with massive stimulus policy while France is committing to measured fiscal consolidation. The year 2026 would largely be one of Ge
Returning to the Moon Costs a Fortune, But Not Returning Would Cost More
The space competition between the United States and China is accelerating. The Artemis program has consumed more than $93 billion since 2012, and the bill continues to rise. Meanwhile, Beijing is methodically advancing toward a crewed landing before 2030, with a space budget in constant growth. "It