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Productive Economy, Contributory Economy
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Productive Economy, Contributory Economy

by Genevieve Bouche
July 2022
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h 29m
English
Wiley-ISTE
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1Adapt or Dare?

1.1. Accepting to evolve

1.1.1. For a shared Europe

Everyone feels the changes that are shaking up our institutions: our usual ways of thinking are increasingly challenged. Europe is perceived as an area of renewal, yet hampered by a governance that is still seeking its effectiveness. It must find a way to preserve what has made its strength: quarrelsome kingdoms, in constant emulation.

It is the cradle of key words of the previous change, such as “capitalism”, “socialism”, “communism”, “liberalism”1, “ecology”, etc. But in the four corners of the continent, these words do not have the same resonance, which makes dialogue sometimes complicated.

With the development of mobility tools, it is becoming the socially and economically sound area that has the right scale to dare a new model of society. It can achieve this by seizing the technological shift in digital technology and energy production.

When it comes to innovation, it is futile to chase the one who has become the leader. It is better to watch for the next innovation and seize it. That’s what’s happening right now in energy, but especially in digital technology.

Digital is not just a technology. It is an amplifier for the model of society. The new digital, which we will discuss here, is the main springboard for 21st century Europe.

It can do so because its people want it to. It does not have to adapt to the changes that the leaders of the 20th century were trying to impose on it.

The 19th and 20th centuries ...

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