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State-Owned Enterprises in the Development Process OECD Publication Date : 23 Apr 2015 Pages : 175 This publication is a first response of the OECD to the issue of what role is, or can be, assigned to SOEs as part of national development strategies. The...
Lire la suiteL'industrie a changé de nature, et ce changement appelle de nouveaux modes d'intervention de la puissance publique qui doit « cesser de protéger l'existant » : tel est en substance le principal enseignement délivré par le Conseil d'analyse économique...
Lire la suiteAlors que l'allemand Siemens peaufine, avec le japonais Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, jusqu'au lundi 16 juin, un projet de reprise d'Alstom avant de déposer une offre formelle, des syndicats du groupe français indiquent que l'Etat est disposé à accompagner...
Lire la suiteWhy do governments own postal services? Delivering mail can hardly be seen as a basic requirement of social justice; it is subject to network effects, but it is by no means a natural monopoly; and it is now growing obsolete, as postmen are outcompeted...
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And why it actually kind of loves it again. FORTUNE -- As government balance sheets and national debt grow each year, some are fretting that government activism is stifling global capitalism. But look closer and you see that it's quite the opposite. Thomas...
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"State-controlled capitalism" may sound like a contradiction in terms, but author Ian Bremmer says it's a growing threat to U.S. corporations. In his new book, The End of the Free Market, Bremmer, who runs Eurasia Group, a political risk consulting firm,...
Lire la suiteJean-Marc Ayrault a affirmé, dimanche 5 mai au 20 heures de TF1, que le gouvernement envisageait de réduire la participation de l'Etat dans le capital "d'un certain nombre d'entreprises publiques" pour consacrer ces sommes à l'investissement. "Nous envisageons...
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