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Understanding Faster Beats Knowing More in AI Age – Paul Jorion
AI is not waiting for us. The real question is: can we understand fast enough to remain authors of our own lives? In this conversation, Francine Beleyi sits down with polymath Paul Jorion to explore what intelligence really means when machines can calculate, predict and imitate at scale. Paul reveals the personal story behind his…
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What I’ve been trying to do all along
Illustration by ChatGPT One-line role: Paul Jorion — seeking an intelligible account of how the world works, from lived social practice to formal and artificial systems. What I’ve been trying to do all along I did not begin my work with the intention of moving across disciplines. What happened instead is that I started with…
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Where is the French revolution on the move heading? by Pierre Sarton du Jonchay
Guest post. The French version is here. The generalisation of unemployment insurance to all entrepreneurs is a break with ordo-liberalism and a practical and paradigmatic entry into the universal knowledge-based economy. Work recognized as such by labour law is no longer defined as a subordination to an employer who is the sole owner of the…
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Euractiv.com, Paul Jorion : ‘Jean-Claude Juncker’s moral authority has been damaged’, 14th November 2014
Euractiv.com, Paul Jorion: ‘Jean-Claude Juncker’s moral authority has been damaged’ Does the LuxLeaks scandal represent a risk for the Commission? Paul Jorion: Jean-Claude Juncker’s moral authority has been damaged. Of course, he hopes his investment plan will bring confidence, and it is a good idea. Especially if it can create employment and give purchasing power…
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« Stewardship of Finance » Chair, VUB, lectures resume on Monday September 29 at 4 p.m.
Paul Jorion, Ph.D., holder of the “Stewardship of Finance” Chair at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, will resume his lecturing on Monday September 29 at 4 p.m. The course is taking place every Monday afternoon at that time in lecture hall D0.03 of building D (central building) of the university, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels. The course…
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Exorcising animal spirits out of Keynes, by Paul Jorion
Exorcising animal spirits out of Keynes Paul Jorion, Stewardship of finance chair, Vrije Universiteit Brussel To be published in a forthcoming issue of the European Journal of Social Theory: special issue on “Rethinking Capitalism”, 2014 Might be referred to as “European Journal of Social Theory (forthcoming): http://www.pauljorion.com/blog_en/?p=1229″ Abstract: Torn between the duties associated with the capacities…
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European Parliament, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, November 5, 2013
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“The future of the Eurozone from an interest rate standpoint”, European Parliament, November 5, 2013
Here my contribution to European Parliament, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, November 5, 2013, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. The future of the Eurozone can be approached as a logical problem. If not solved, it can at least be significantly clarified when the issue is examined from the single standpoint of the sovereign debt’s coupon…
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European Parliament, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, November 5, 2013, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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A mail exchange about JP Morgan’s “The Euro area adjustment: about halfway there”, Europe Economic Research, 28 May 2013
From : Paul Jorion Object : The Euro area adjustment: about halfway there Date : 21 June 2013 21:33:20 UTC+02:00 To : Malcolm Barr, David Mackie Good day MM. Barr and Mackie, I’m writing to you as I receive several mails drawing my attention to the following paragraph of your recent May report: “The political…
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, fourteenth lecture, 28th March 2013
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« Dédicace too big to … », by luami
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VUB: STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE CHAIR, February 27 and 28, 2013
Wednesday, 27 February, 2013 – 19:30 to 21:30 VUB, Etterbeek Building D Promotion Hall Monica Mächler & Hugues Pirotte Monica Mächler served since January 2009 until the end of September 2012 as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, after having served as CEO of the Swiss…
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, panel discussion, 25th October 2012
The panel discussion topic was the same as that of the lecture of the day by myself: “Law, Ethics and the business world”. The participants from left to right were: Geert Noels (Econopolis), Ivan Van de Cloot (Itinera), Marc Beaujean (P&V) and Benoît Frydman (ULB). The moderator was Steven Rombaut (vrt). Unfortunately due to the…
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, fourth lecture, 25th October 2012
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, inaugural lecture : Why Stewardship of Finance?, October 4 2012
The inaugural lecture of the chair “Stewardship of Finance”, delivered by me at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, on the 4th of October 2012. Why Stewardship of Finance? When in the Autumn of 2011 I was first approached by Michel Flamée on behalf of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel about the chair I’m privileged to speak from…
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, inaugural lecture, 4th October 2012
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READING LIST FOR THE “STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE” COURSE AT VUB, STARTING OCTOBER 4th
1. Historians of finance Martin Meyer: The Bankers, New York: Weybright & Talley, 1974 Markets, New York: Norton, 1988 Peter L. Bernstein: Capital Ideas, New York: Free Press, 1992 Against the Gods. The Remarkable Story of Risk, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 1996 Steve Fraser: Every Man a Speculator. A History of Wall…
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LOOK NO FURTHER!, by François Leclerc
Guest post. Translated from the French by Tim Gupwell In Spain, nearly 220 billion Euros have vanished into thin air during the first quarter. According to the Bank of Spain, foreign investors, but also Spanish ones, are responsible for this massive exodus of capital which concerns loans and deposits, but also share portfolios and sovereign…
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LE SOIR, ‘The only solution is to pool all the debts’, September 4, 2012
Translated from the French by Tim Gupwell. 4 September 2012 An interview with Dominique Berns which appeared today in the economy pages of the daily newspaper, LE SOIR. “To save the Euro, we must mutually pool the debts” Q : The president of the ECB, Mario Draghi, has pledged to do “everything within his power to…