https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Domination-Among-the-Auditors https://booksandideas.net/Domination-Among-the-Auditors 2019-11-04T08:00:00Z text/html en Gaëtan Flocco Society capitalism education the elite labour competition domination Institut français sociology of work auditing <p>How do we account for the “voluntary servitude” that reigns in auditing firms? A survey of their employees shows the cause can be found in the spirit of competition and the cult of elitism.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Has-the-Competitiveness-Obsession https://booksandideas.net/Has-the-Competitiveness-Obsession 2014-12-29T09:00:00Z text/html en Ecolinks Economy Europe competition Institut français competitiveness <p>The policies implemented in response to Europe's sovereign debt crisis and serious economic imbalances evoke the concept of “competitiveness.” Yet this concept and the measures it implies are ill-suited to Europe's situation and may worsen its predicament.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Challenging-the-Libertarian-Mind https://booksandideas.net/Challenging-the-Libertarian-Mind 2012-04-12T11:32:01Z text/html en Jack Vromen Economy competition decision-making darwinism libertarianism <p>In a book that uses Darwinian insights alongside Adam Smith to change our thinking on economics, Robert H. Frank sets out to convince libertarians that more taxes can mean more growth and more freedom. Can he succeed?</p> https://booksandideas.net/Antidumping-protection-hurts-good https://booksandideas.net/Antidumping-protection-hurts-good 2009-10-27T07:43:50Z text/html en Hylke Vandenbussche Economy la suite gauche companies competition trade Dossier - articles suivants protectionism Le protectionnisme, un remède à la crise ? <p>Antidumping measures have become an important form of commercial protection for countries, regulated by <span class="caps">WTO</span>. The effect of this kind of protection on firm-level productivity is highly heterogeneous. If it allows initially low-productivity domestic firms to restructure and increase their performance, it tends to hurt high-productivity domestic firms and exporters.</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-Economics-of-Singular-Goods https://booksandideas.net/The-Economics-of-Singular-Goods 2008-07-03T07:58:38Z text/html en Pierre-Paul Zalio Economy market la suite droite competition price <p>Economic theory makes the price the common measure of all goods. However, does it apply to singular goods? Is it the least help when we must choose a good restaurant, a good lawyer, or yet, the best evening course for our children?</p>