“Revolution by territories”: plead for hyperdentralization | EUROtoday

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Book. “” Like sleepwalkers, we’re transferring in the direction of a future which we all know that it’ll finish badly. »» Thus begins the work of Frédéric Salat-Baroux, former secretary basic of the Presidency of the Republic beneath Jacques Chirac, and Eric Hazan, advisor specialist in applied sciences, entitled Revolution by territories. A French response to the challenges of the world (Editions de l’Observatoire, 192 pages, 20 euros).

They clarify that the tilting happened on the flip of the Eighties, with the arrival of a paradigm that the authors name the“Economism” :: “This drying idea that everything human can be reduced to a market logic”they write. Resulting in relocations and deindustrialization, this ideology would have led to “Martyrdom of middle classes” Western, to the outbreak of inequalities and an elevated climatic disruption.

Europe, the authors imagine, has did not make the most of it: it has missed the flip of digital applied sciences and it has impoverished in comparison with the remainder of the world. The share of its GDP on this planet financial system elevated from 29 % in 1980 to 17 % right this moment: the continent was caught up in China, whereas the United States has strengthened its financial domination. If Europe doesn’t take the flip of synthetic intelligence, it will likely be the sufferer of a “Third Worldization” Crazy, say the 2 consultants.

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To snatch France from this ethical and financial disaster, Frédéric Salat-Baroux and Eric Hazan sketch “A project, a possibility, a promise”which might shock: a revolution by the territories. Understand: hyperdentralization of political determination and manufacturing and innovation infrastructure. This reform would, in response to them, guarantee a greater stability between the 4 ranges of train of energy: the territories, the government-enhancement, the President of the Republic and Europe. Like the 4 white horses of Ben-Hur, as soon as positioned in the precise order in response to their particularities, they are going to lead the tank to victory.

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