Sublime

With convergent growth and falling poverty, the world economy might seem to be out of the woods. Technological advances have put the end of poverty within reach, along with a rebalancing of the international order that is much fairer to the countries outside of the North Atlantic region. Yet complacency would be misplaced, and the rising anxiety le

In the twenty-first century, many dimensions of sustainable development will require public goods on a multi-country or global scale. Rivers, ecosystems, pollution, climate control, international financial flows, the Internet, power transmission, highway systems, railroad networks, and aviation all require strong regional and global cooperation. No

But they are not static or permanent. They require constant renewal. The express agenda of the New Liberalism is a vast expansion of social services—massive intervention and expenditures in energy, health care and education—that will necessarily, as in Europe, take away from defense spending.

Cette nouvelle économie embrasse le micro-crédit (qui n’a de sens que s’il reste fidèle à sa visée originelle et n’est pas parasité par le profit bancaire), le commerce équitable qui favorise les petits producteurs de café, de cacao et autres produits d’exportation en maintenant des prix d’achat qui ne subissent pas les baisses brutales du marché,