You say that A machine with only primary consciousness will probably have to come first. That’s the way evolution proceeded:…
This is a translation (by Bénédicte Kibler) of my most recent monthly column in the Economy supplement of the French daily Le Monde: Le mirage de la pluridisciplinarité.
Robert J. Shiller, professor of economics at Yale University, has published recently, along with his wife Virginia, a psychologist, an article entitled “Economists as […]
Mr. Alan Greenspan, who headed the Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, for nearly twenty years, has recently committed an article in the Financial Times entitled “Frank-Dodd Fails to Meet test of our times.” (March, the 29th).
The Dodd-Frank Act is a several thousand page long jumble of 243 separate regulations, thought of as a […]
… to say the least. And the reason wasn’t laziness, it was just simply the success of the French version of it which has taken all my energy, plus that of François when he joined me, plus that of Julien, when he joined the team.
But this blog is about to be revived […]
They were sixteen in the euro zone. With a little help from the International Monetary Fund, they put their strength together to help Greece out. There they were: fifteen blind supporting one lame.
They were fifteen countries still standing in the euro zone. With a little help from the International Monetary Fund, the UK and […]
Original Post : And then Paul Jorion created a Theory of Prices.
It’s the ‘rentrée […]
An English translation of Kerviel: la question que personne ne pose posted on my French blog on June 21st. Many thanks to E-blogs for the translation.
What have we learnt so far from Jérôme Kerviel’s trial about the big questions? Do his superiors know more they pretend about the transactions he was […]
Here an English translation of La machine infernale, my monthly column for March in Le Monde – Économie.
A DEVILISH DEVICE
Only five years ago, we were led to believe that the advertised model of the economic and financial apparatus represented a system that was finally mature: stable because thoroughly predisposed to self-regulate […]
An English translation of Le capitalisme (I) – Les nervures de l’avenir posted on my French blog on March 2nd.
In Reason in History (1837), a posthumous work composed from lecture notes, Hegel observes that “ … what experience and history teach is that peoples and governments have never yet learned from history, let […]
An English translation of Feu en la demeure !, posted on my French blog on February 25.
Ladies and gentlemen of the European regulatory authorities, I am today turning to you: the house is on fire!
Demands that Greece lowers its civil servants’ wages will not save her. Your prodding Greece to tackle tax […]
We will ponder: “Might the financial crisis be followed by national crises?”
Alessandro Giraudo – Chief Economist, Tradition Viel (in the studio like myself)
Ondine Smulders – The Economist (calling in from Athens)
A (to be determined) Reuters Breakingviews’ journalist (calling in from London)
Podcasts :
You say that A machine with only primary consciousness will probably have to come first. That’s the way evolution proceeded:…
It’s becoming clear that with all the brain and consciousness theories out there, the proof will be in the pudding.…
I fear your views of AI are pretty much outdated. They pre-date in any case neural networks. What you are…
Unfortunately IA is not The solution… We have to think outside the box… And IA just calculate fast but inside…
very well my brother
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Until we find aliens similar to us elsewhere in this universe who have solved the problems we humans have created…
It is a fact that the largest part of the planet’s media is controlled by right wing capitalists. Their intention…
Bonjour Monsieur Jorion, j’espère que vous allez recevoir mon mail parce-que la fonction “contact” du blog français ne fonctionne pas…
When I looked up this video, they’re were only 488 views. This is appallingly insufficient. Where are the old boys…
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