Sublime

"I am a legend," he told a group of foreign investors at a dinner speech in March 2001 shortly before his appointment to head the Economy Ministry. The power of his intellect, his incorruptibility, and the sincerity of his desire for his country's well-being were undeniable; the only question was whether he had a sense of proportion about

One way to give labor more power is to make it easier to organize workers by passing labor law reform bills—the perennial campaign promises of Democratic candidates that go perennially unfulfilled. Another is to direct large-scale government investments into key national sectors—clean energy, manufacturing, education, and caregiving—to create jobs,

But just as we see with the most successful entrepreneurs, the state could regain its effectiveness by sealing an alliance with the most potent party of the day, the multitude. Building this alliance starts by providing the multitude with what they want: fairness and quality at scale. And the problem is that instead of improving, the quality of pub

Placer l’intérêt général au cœur du système n’implique pas pour autant de tout confier à l’État. L’école et l’enseignement supérieur tels qu’ils se sont structurés aux XIXe et XXe siècles sont majoritairement publics, mais l’État a su laisser se développer un secteur privé qui contribue à la réalisation de ses objectifs, grâce à différents systèmes

1. Create and stress-test unintuitive research programs in a systematic (and therefore repeatable) way.


2. Use that credibility to run a handful of research programs and produce results that wouldn't happen otherwise.


3. Use that credibility to run more research programs and help them "graduate" to effective

Obviously Reich’s influence went way beyond just me. Alongside other authors such as Anthony Giddens[411] and Jeremy Rifkin[412], he was instrumental in crafting the message of a new generation of progressive leaders that the era of the steady, lifelong job was over. In a more global and unstable world, lifelong education was the new key to providi

À partir de 1945, les néolibéraux s’emparent du couteau du droit, sur lequel ils comptent pour fournir un cadre au marché. Ils se sont sentis obligés de le faire pour la même raison que Hayek, qui au cours de sa vie a accordé une importance croissante au droit : parce que l’exercice inconsidéré de la démocratie et son expansion géographique minaien

Her ambition, in a nutshell, is to “take the guesswork out of policy-making.”