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Guy Sorman

Guy Sorman, a French philosopher and economist, is the author of Economics Does Not Lie.

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The Treason of the Magistrates

Guy Sorman Series: The World in Words

2010-02-02

Justice in democratic countries is supposed to be independent, but some prosecutors and investigating magistrates conveniently forget this. Indeed many among them are deeply enmeshed in politics, pursuing agendas – and vendettas – of their own. ... read

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The Twilight of France’s Republican Aristocracy

Guy Sorman Series: The World in Words

2009-11-11

No tumbrils have appeared in Paris’s Place de la Concorde, but something like a revolution is underway in France. Recent weeks have seen the trial of former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and the conviction of former Defense Minister Charles Pasqua – and now even former President Jacques Chirac has learned that he is not immune from prosecution. ... read

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Japan’s Road to Harmonious Decline

Guy Sorman Series: Frontiers of Growth

2009-09-16

The recent electoral triumph of Yukio Hatoyama’s untested Democratic Party of Japan has confirmed the Japanese public's wish not to follow America’s free-market model. But, while the DPJ's victory reflects Hatoyama's understanding that most Japanese are willing to accept economic stagnation as the price of avoiding painful change, how long can Japan afford this sentiment?... read

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The Real Che Guevara

Guy Sorman Series: The World in Words

2009-01-28

Hollywood history is often nonsensical, but filmmakers usually have the good sense not to whitewash killers and sadists. Steven Soderbergh’s new film about Che Guevara, however, does that, and more.... read

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The Left is in the Streets

Guy Sorman Series: The World in Words

2008-12-17

The riots in Greece may have many causes, but one that is rarely mentioned is the fracturing of the Greek left into George Papandreou’s traditional socialist party, PASOK, and an increasingly radicalized faction that refuses all accommodation with either the European Union or modern economics. To varying degrees, this divide is paralyzing Socialist parties across Europe.... read

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From de Gaulle to Putin

Guy Sorman Series: The World in Words

2008-09-19

Fifty years ago this week, General Charles de Gaulle seized power in France in what was a virtual legal coup d’etat. The regime he established, with its virtually unconstrained presidential powers and weak parliament, has served as an example to the world's despots ever since.... read

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What is the West?

Guy Sorman Series: The Worldly Philosophers

2008-04-28

In an age when some Eastern countries are Westernized, non-Western groups live in supposedly Western countries, and some Western countries are not fully Westernized, "the West" can no longer be defined territorially. Instead, "the West" is a mindset defined by three fundamental traits: a passion for innovation, a capacity for self-criticism, and gender equality.... read

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China’s Dangerous Nobodies

Guy Sorman Series: Against the Current

2008-01-31

Many optimistic observers of China bet on a soft transition from despotism toward an open society. So why, then, has the Chinese Communist Party launched a wave of harsh repression against moderate, law-abiding activists?... read

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