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FRANCE Culture, NEWS BROADCAST, Saturday August 13, 2011, 9.45 pm

Aug 11, 2011 4:30 PM

We will discuss the stock markets’ tumble.
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ZDF, HEUTE JOURNAL, Thursday August 11, 2011, 7 pm

Aug 11, 2011 2:26 PM

Here’s only a short extract of the interview for German television channel ZDF

The full video will be broadcast next week.
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Human Complex Systems and the Current Mess

Aug 9, 2011 3:36 PM

S&P’s downgrading of US’ credit rating
The American economy
The euro zone crisis
The riots in Britain
How to get back on complexity ?
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“How should one define a catastrophic scenario in a situation such as this?”

Jul 28, 2011 4:49 PM

Frankly has been so kind as to translate my most recent post. The original French version is here.

“How should one define a catastrophic scenario in a situation such as this?”

There is no panic yet in the American financial markets, but disquiet is spreading. The Dow Jones industrial index fell by 3.3%
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The fall of the Roman Empire, live on the Internet!

Jul 13, 2011 3:41 PM

Frankly Francophone has just translated one of my recent French posts into English. Thanks Franky! The original post is here.

They wanted to extend market logic to absolutely everything. In attempting to do so they disregarded the domain of ethics which had governed human affairs up to that point. The trader –
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IGNORING LESSONS LEARNT

Jul 11, 2011 1:31 PM

My most recent column in the French daily paper Le Monde : Le risque systémique court toujours. As usual the translation is due to Bénédicte.

Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy, on September 15, 2008, and its aftermath – more than one trillion dollars being injected into the financial system – have caught people’s attention about
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My lecture at the Zermatt Summit, on the 16^th of June 2011

Jul 9, 2011 10:18 AM

Now online.

I defend my proposal of a prohibition of wagers on the evolution of prices (which was standard in the 19th century) within the framework of a Constitution for the Economy.

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NEDERLAND 2, “Brandpunt”, Sunday 3d July 10:15 p.m.

Jul 2, 2011 7:52 AM

I’ll be on the Dutch television on Sunday night. I’m being interviewed by Aart Zeeman in a broadcast that kro produces.

Can be seen here.

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Healthy / destructive system of capitalism (2d version), by Lambert de Haas

Jun 30, 2011 1:46 PM
Guest post. Taking advantage of my interview with Caroline de Gruyter in NRC Handelsblad, Lambert de Haas has put this all together. He’s expecting your remarks to make further improvements.