L'Avenir de l'économie

Synopsis of L'Avenir de l'économie

«L'Avenir de l'économie: Sortir de l'écomystification» is the essay by Jean-Pierre Dupuy, published by Flammarion in paperback (291 pages, in French).

Dupuy notes the failure of economics as a political guide: governments subordinate themselves to financial markets and society loses its future. Against this 'economystification', he proposes a moral awakening inspired by Adam Smith and Max Weber, and denounces those who replace the government of people with technical management. Only a prophetic politics can invent the future.

Published in French in 2012, the volume is organized in four parts and a conclusion, and includes bibliographical references.

For the general public interested in economic theory, political philosophy and critical analysis of capitalism and financial markets.