The pandemic has flipped the logic of Macronism on its head
Shortly after taking office in 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron famously told a crowd of tech entrepreneurs that he aimed to make France “a start-up nation.” The goal, he said, was to become not only a business-friendly country but also one that “thinks and moves like a start-up.” Until recently, that vision had appeared to guide much of his tenure, which has ushered in tax cuts for the super-rich, rollbacks in worker protections and tight limits on state spending, including in public hospitals.
It’s all come crashing down with the coronavirus.
Start-ups, it turns out, are not so well-equipped to handle pandemics or global economic crises.… Seguir leyendo »