On en parle en bien depuis plusieurs années déjà, mais le phénomène des cryptomonnaies fait aujourd’hui débat. Ces monnaies, de plus en plus utilisées par tous dans le monde entier, sont accusées d’êtres énergivores. En effet, afin de « débloquer » des bitcoins, les mineurs doivent résoudre des problèmes complexes nécessitant l’utilisation
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Sortie du numéro de novembre des Annales des Mines – Série Réalités Industrielles : l’économie de l’or. Coordonné par Françoise ROURE et Serge CATOIRE. La série Réalités Industrielles publie trimestriellement des dossiers thématiques sur des sujets importants pour le développement industriel et économique. Piloté par un spécialiste du secteur sous l’égide
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Two important events have taken place recently. The report of the UN-sponsored IPCC, which was released on 8 October. At the same time, the Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to William Nordhaus, a pioneer in integrating climate change into economic models. While IPCC scientists are alarmed about the
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The commitments made by the United Nations in 2015 in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change are likely to change the priorities and financing methods of the development banks. The banks must contribute to eradicating
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From climate marches, massive petitions calling for political action, rainy platforms to mobilize a definitive start... to the artists - soon to be as appalled as the economists - behind Juliette Binoche. The movement spurred by Nicolas Hulot's resignation is gaining momentum. If he is going to leave the front
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Three years after commitments were made at COP21 in Paris, only 9 countries out of the 180 that signed the Paris Accord have adopted the measures needed to contain the rise in climate risks. An OECD report points to this inertia, even though emissions have fallen back to
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Bpifrance, Siparex, Desjardins Capital and Export Development Canada launch the Transatlantic Fund, designed to finance the development of businesses on the European and North American continents. 75 million (C$120 million) fund. As an extension of the partnership formalized last September, Bertrand
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Invoicing is a task that can be very tedious and sometimes leads to errors, omissions or incorrect information. Since 1 January 2018, the State has required companies subject to VAT to have invoicing software validated by the government's IT services in order to issue invoices. But to
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Teaching economics as if the last 30 years really happened. And (re)inspire students to take up economics again. These are the ambitions of CORE, a new course and textbook developed by economics professors from around the world. The aim of this course is to show that economics, judged
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How, in the context of globalization, can humanity reconcile economic necessities with the inescapable fact that natural resources are limitées ? This is the question posed by Pierre Calame in a book published in 2009 by Editions Charles Léopold Mayer, (ECLM), under the title "Essai sur l'œconomie. On
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The international community's ambition to fight global warming comes at a cost: between $50,000 and $90,000 billion over the next 15 years, according to estimates by economist Adair Turner for the low end of the range and economists from the Commission on Economy and Climate "New Climate Economy" to
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Europe is at a crossroads. It has long been the bearer of an original model of capitalism, based on strong ambitions from a social (redistribution and welfare state, provision of public services, etc.) and environmental point of view, but which now seems to be eroding. Can Europe reinvigorate its model and the
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Amartya Sen, the Indian economist and philosopher Amartya Sen, sometimes referred to as the "Nobel of the poor" [1], is today one of the most influential intellectuals in the world. His writings are recognized for their major contribution to the analysis of inequalities and reflections on justice. Deeply affected by the famine in Bengal
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Let's accelerate the digital transformation of growth SMEs and TWAs! It is not size that counts ... Between large and small companies, there is a whole economic fabric: Intermediate Size Enterprises (ISEs) and Growth Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). These
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I have been visiting companies for more than a decade to help them review their role and their organization, and I have found that while change is a general desire, it can take time to implement and succeed. To plagiarize the
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Nearly two out of three companies are facing a severe disruption in their industries, according to a new study by Accenture. With a new "Disruption Vulnerability Index" that shatters the myth that disruption is random. A
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In the media, it is often said that since 2016, France is taking the path of deconsumerism. A growing sensitivity to ecology, sustainable development, the animal cause, feminist values, psychospirituality and societal commitment would be at the origin of this trend. What clearly emerges is
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The economy in Europe is doing better! But beware, we must not rest on our laurels and that is why 14 leading economists call on European governments to put in place new and innovative economic rules for the euro zone in a report published on 17 January by the Telos agency (1),
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Bruno Le Maire, Minister for the Economy and Finance, announced on Monday 15 January the precise terms and conditions for the creation of the innovation fund, endowed with ten billion euros. The texts enabling this fund to be set up were signed today. It will be endowed with 1.6 billion euros from
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Lactalis has been in the limelight for a few days now. Her infant formula was found to be contaminated with salmonella. An industrial accident, as it happens a lot, but here it takes a particular turn. The Lactalis affair becomes the absolute counterexample of what not to do in communication.
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