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Daniel Sibony
The Issue of Being
What is Being? An Exchange Between the Bible and Philosophy, Heidegger and the God of Moses
Jean-Marc Jancovici
Quiet sleep until 2100 and others Misunderstandings about the Climate, the Economy, Politics and the Environment
A brilliantly striking demonstration of the environment’s central role in the global economy
Ivar Ekeland
The Boiling Frog Syndrome
Climate change viewed by an economist. Will Homo economicus survive climate change? A step towards new way of thinking about the economy.
Stephen Breyer
The Court and the World American Law and the New Global Realities
n this original, far-reaching, and timely book, Justice Stephen Breyer examines the work of the Supreme Court of the United States in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of activity, both public and private—from the conduct of national security policy to the conduct of international trade—obliges the Court to understand and consider circumstances beyond America’s borders.
Olivier Fréget
The Competition: An Idea that Is (Still) a Novelty in Europe and in France…
European competition law, in support of pluralism
Rita Hermon-Belot
The Sources of the Secular Idea Religious Pluralism and French Secularism
Laïcité: a long history of confrontation
Régis Debray
Learning About Religion in Secular State Schools
Learning about different religions: the best way of overcoming prejudice
Christian Blanc
Greater Paris
How to save Paris from turning into a dead city and France into a nation in decline
Gilbert Cette, Jacques Barthélémy
Reconstructing Social Law to Reform How the Labour Market Functions
French social law, and particularly labour law, is characterised by an excess of rules and regulations that hinder economic growth and job creation. In this respect, France is an exception among European nations.
Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee
The Second Machine Age Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
A fundamentally optimistic book, The Second Machine Age will alter how we think about issues of technological, societal, and economic progress.
Christian de Perthuis, Raphaël Trotignon
Climat, how much ? Climate Negotiations
Global warming: understanding, anticipating, taking action
François Tavoillot, Pierre-Henri Tavoillot
The Bee (and the) Philosopher An Amazing Journey into the Hive of Wisdom
The history of Western philosophy and culture, seen from the bee’s perspective
Jean-Claude Carrière
Belief
The impact of science is on the wane — while religious belief is omnipresent and all-powerful
Judith Rochfeld, Valérie-Laure Benabou
Who Profits When You Click? How Value Is Distributed on the Net
The battle for control over digital data