La Covid-19 ou le retour de l’État social ?

Robert Boyer. 2020. Les capitalismes à l’épreuve de la pandémie. Paris : La Découverte.

In this book published in 2020, Robert Boyer keeps a diary of the Covid-19 pandemic in order to make its effects on societies intelligible. The author emphasizes that the pandemic has completely overturned the dogmas erected for several decades by liberal economists. It has accelerated the transformation of capitalism by reinforcing the opposition between a transnational platform capitalism and a state-driven capitalism. Moreover, the pandemic sheds a harsh light on the weaknesses of the European Union. The book concludes [...]

La ville et les marchés : ce qui change au début du 21e siècle.

The argument of this text is that the late 20th century was a period of rising market influence and, more specifically, of the integration of urban production into global capitalism. First, big industrial or service firms relocated some of their activities to cities, which influenced their expectations of public policy. Then, big urban corporations whose activities had been largely restricted to their home countries, became international. Finally, this process was amplified by the emergence of the finance and consulting [...]