Unaware of this seemingly harmless word swap, I once said « talkie-walkie » in front of non-french colleagues who ridiculed me to oblivion. I have not stopped seething since then

France if Louis XIV didn’t expel the Huguenots in 1685

Distribution of the "Royal Game of Ur" the most popular board game in the Bronze Age. Copies of the game were found from Nubia to Iran and on the Island of Cyprus.

De tous les peuples de Gaule les Belges sont les plus braves

Which way European man ? I'm team Garicano

The MAGA spirit would be with you, if only you would extend your index

I have something in common with Von Neumann (I was born on 28th December).

Dependency and depopulation? Confronting the consequences of a new demographic reality. Our new McKinsey Global Institute report is out! It explores the economic consequences of falling fertility rates. Thread with main conclusions 🧵 (link to the full report at the end)

Même pas drôle !   On pense ce que l’on veut de l’humour de François Morel. Moi, il aurait parfois tendance à me faire rire, ou, n’exagérons rien, à me faire sourire. Y compris lorsqu’il s’en prend à moi et à ce qu’il présente comme « mes coupes budgétaires contre la culture »,

You will never guess who is referred to as a "Dictator" in this very Trumpian post about the Russia-Ukraine war

Il semble que les pratiques comptables permettant d'équilibrer le régime de retraite de la fonction publique aboutissent également à surestimer les dépenses d'éducation. Je propose d'interpeller Élisabeth BORNE sur ce sujet. Les retweets sont bienvenus pour obtenir une réponse.

If anyone is interested - there is an apartment for sale in Paris (880 KEUR) with what looks like a replica of the Hammurabi code

Anyone knows why is the area around Reims richer ? Is the Holy Ampulla included in GDP figures ??

American writers fighting: we both went to Harvard but my dad was merely a public interest lawyer while yours was a CAA agent, so I’m basically working class British writers fighting:

.Alexander Stubb on EU competitiveness "Economists look at crude GDP... but I look at our Gini coefficients.. & whether it's justice, least corrupt, open, welfare, environment, open media, gender equality.. I don't buy the argument we're doing bad. I'm actually bloody happy" MSC '26

What a retarded take. « We are fading into irrelevance, but we’re actually better because we’re all equally poor and we have more women in our Boards of Directors ». I would rather applaud Rubio than this self congratulatory weak sauce from my European leaders

La gauche a inventé le concept du « devoir de vigilance » forçant les employeurs FR à s’assurer que leurs activités respectent les règles ESG. Apparemment cette responsabilité ne s’applique pas à ses collaborateurs qui sautent à pieds joints sur la tête d’un adversaire politique

Why the Industrial Revolution did not happen in China, according to Tabellini, Mokyr and Greif (2025)

Bloomberg, FT and the Economist, who should know better, all went with the « Paris left wing governance good because Paris green », and yet the correct take is this