Alexandre Aget

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oil

It smells like tanker scorch.

Long considered the kings of the world, oil tankers are now in turmoil. Confronted with the fall of crude oil, oil companies are laying off workers at every turn. Since the summer of 2014, more than 350,000 jobs have been lost, not counting the devastating effects on the many subcontractors.

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Angus Deaton

Angus Deaton: Poorly managed globalization feeds populism

The 2015 Nobel Prize winner in economics, the Scotsman Angus Deaton, is not going to beat about the bush: "mismanaged" globalization exasperates people, increases inequality and fuels the discourse of politicians like Donald Trump. The Trump phenomenon and Brexit "are the result of mismanaged globalization".

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TAFTA

Is the TAFTA really dead and buried?

The TAFTA, this vast draft trade treaty between the European Union and the United States would be dead. Last Sunday, German Economics Minister and Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel noted the failure of the negotiations. This intervention came after the French, through Prime Minister Manuel Valls, had announced that they would not negotiate with the US.

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