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Présidence : Stéphane Mallat …

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Résumé Une critique du capitalisme au XXIᵉ siècle ne peut se limiter à en révéler les contradictions, mais doit revenir à la question fondamentale de sa justification morale. En renouant avec une conception de la raison pratique centrée sur la liberté, …

Résumé Japan’s postwar economic growth is often described as a miracle, and for good reason. Having suffered immense destruction during the Second World War—with roughly one quarter of its national wealth and production facilities lost—the country emerged …

Résumé This lecture, based on a forthcoming book entitled Why Britain? A New View of the Industrial Revolution will discuss the various factors that made Britain into the workshop of the world and the cradle of technological progress and economic growth. …

Résumé La deuxième conférence portera sur l'évolution de l'alimentation humaine. Qu'avons-nous évolué pour manger et ne pas manger, et pourquoi les humains sont-ils devenus l'espèce la plus omnivore de la planète ? Quel rôle a joué la transformation des …

Résumé This lecture, based on a new book entitled Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000-2000 will ask the question why Europe and China reversed positions in economic development and technological capabilities between …

Résumé The god Loki has become famous in recent years through media of which the Norse could never have dreamed, but in his late Iron Age form he is central to their understanding of the irrational. Shifting sex, gender, and even species, he pairs with …

Résumé This lecture asks whether Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism) have played an important role in economic development and technological progress and to what extent it has held back growth in the past. The answers, it turns, out are …