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Under the yoke of financial markets8 March / 20:00 / Alhambra / Co-presented with Le Temps and in partnership with IHEID
Indignation, demonstrations, elections. Triggered off in 2007 by the US property market crash, the financial crisis has turned into the worst global economic crisis the world has known since the 1930s. Five years later, the crisis continues its mutation into a crisis of economic governance and, as a result, a social and political crisis.
And yet the G20's efforts at the beginning of 2009 and the spirit of cooperation still reigning at that time allowed us to hope. And in fact, the developed world managed to avoid a depression.
Indignation: Unfortunately, efforts to kick-start the production machine were not entirely successful, not enough so in any case to prevent mass unemployment from arising. Hitting young people the hardest, the lack of jobs triggered off an "indignant" movement on a practically global scale.
Demonstrations: Europe and the US are simultaneously facing a heavy debt crisis of unprecedented proportions. After decades of carefree budgeting, rigorous austerity measures are being applied to avoid bankruptcy. Provoking protest demonstrations of the kind already seen in Mexico or Argentina, these austerity cures now threaten to drag the world into a vicious cycle leading to recession and aggravating the ills they were designed to remedy.
Elections: The crisis has brought down more than one government: in Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. It is the central theme of the forthcoming presidential elections in France and the US. Many people are wondering why on earth we need to reimburse a debt that allowed the financial system to escape bankruptcy, especially when that same system is now unwilling to lend to its saviors. Is the burden of austerity effectively and fairly distributed? Is another political or economic option possible? Do past experiences suggest as-yet unexploited solutions? Can the present economic system still guarantee prosperity to the greatest number?
Frédéric Lelièvre |
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