• Professor of Political Science, INSEAD
People wearing face masks walk in front of a euro sign in the center of Frankfurt am Main, Germany (October 21, 2020). Yann Schreiber/AFP

Capitalism and the coronavirus crisis: the coming transformation(s)

The global economy is currently experiencing its severest contraction since the 1930s. While capitalism will survive, its fundamental structure can change at critical historical junctures.
La campagne de Donald Trump pendant la Primaire républicaine, le 3 septembre 2015. Michael Vadon/Wikimedia

Trump : comment en est‑on arrivé là ?

Comment expliquer l'avènement de Donald Trump? Retour historique sur les différentes crises de confiance qui ont rendue possible l'élection du nouveau président américain.
German stock market after US election, November 9, 2016. Frank Rumpenhorst/EPA

Trump: where we might end up

As candidate, Trump promised protectionist trade policies and denigrated international agreements. Now, as president of the United States, how far can he go?
German stock market after US election, November 9, 2016. Frank Rumpenhorst/EPA

Trump: how we got here

The fall of the Berlin wall was supposed to usher in ‘the end of history’, an eternal age of capitalist economics and liberal-democratic politics. It hasn’t turned out that way.

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