The global financial crisis had an on impact all industrialized countries, caused the bankruptcy of several big banks and all economies are now threatened with recession. What events led to such a situation? What are the possible answers in the short and in the long-term for facing this crisis?

In his book, Paul Ariès presents his political project. First, he shows how consumer society is doomed to collapse, and then explains how degrowth is the only alternative. But degrowth is not possible unless our way of living and thinking changes. According to Paul Ariès, it is necessary that we...

Whereas our western democracies have entered what Gilles Lipovetsky called in his "Essais sur l'individualisme contemporain" (Essays on contemporary individualism) «The Era of Emptiness » (« l'ère du vide » in French), this context permits the emergence of a new kind of entrepreneur: those who...

Waste aims at uncovering the food waste scandal. Tristram Stuart conducts an overall analysis of the food industry based on various studies and precise examples. He explains that reducing food waste, which represents almost 50% of food production in developed countries, would considerably improve...

For decades, development has been used as a political tool, to justify economic and social policies. It made people believe in global well-being and in the elimination of poverty. Why then is development today at the centre of a passionate debate, if it has failed so greatly? It is definitely...