Faut-il penser l’avenir de l’humanité autrement que comme l’accroissement indéfini de sa richesse mais comme l’approfondissement de sa sagesse ?
Introduction
I. Si la vocation universelle du modèle économique libéral ne semblait pas contestable, ce dernier ayant permis d’indéniables progrès humains…
I.1 La pensée économique libérale
« It is the great multiplication of the productions of all the different arts, in consequence of the division of labour, which occasions, in a well-governed society, that universal opulence which extends itself to the lowest ranks of the people. » Adam Smith, The Wealth Of Nations, Book I, Chapter I, p. 22, para. 10.
I. 2 Un développement à vocation universelle
« Not only does the State undertake to decide disputes, it takes precautions beforehand that disputes may not arise. The laws of most countries lay down rules for determining many things, not because it is of much consequence in what way they are determined, but in order that they may be determined somehow. » John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy,Book IV II. …De nouveaux modèles présentant la pensée libérale comme un mythe occidental émergent…
II.1 Les critiques portées à un accroissement indéfini des richesses
«The financial crisis that began in August 2007 has been the most severe of the post-World War II era and, very possibly--once one takes into account the global scope of the crisis, its broad effects on a range of markets and institutions, and the number of systemically critical financial institutions that failed or came close to failure--the worst in modern history. » Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, January 3, 2010
« Un autre monde possible doit respecter le droit à la vie pour tous les êtres humains grâce à de nouvelles règles de l'économie. » Manifeste de Porto Alegre, Forum Social Mondial, 2005
«The late 20th century has seen the global resurgence of religions