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Jacques Attali is an eminent economic advisor and was recently nominated by French President Nicolas Sarkozy as the head of the Commission to promote French Growth. From 1981 to 1991 he was special advisor to Franois Mitterrand and in 1990 he became the first president of the European Bank for show more Reconstruction and Development, EBRD. Currently he is chairman of AA, an international consultancy company and the founder and president of PlaNet Finance, an international non-profit organisation that uses the Internet to combat poverty concentrating on the microfinance sector. show less

Includes the names: Jacques Attali, 賈克.阿塔利

Works by Jacques Attali

Noise: The Political Economy of Music (1985) — Author — 406 copies, 3 reviews
The Economic History of the Jewish People (2002) — Author — 115 copies, 2 reviews
La Confrérie des Eveillés (2004) — Author — 68 copies, 2 reviews
1492 (1991) 62 copies, 2 reviews
Blaise Pascal ou le génie français (2000) 55 copies, 1 review
La vie éternelle, roman (1989) 53 copies, 2 reviews
After the Crisis (2008) — Author — 47 copies, 1 review
A Man of Influence: The Extraordinary Career of S. G. Warburg (1985) — Author — 44 copies, 1 review
Tous Ruines Dans Dix Ans Fl (2010) — Author — 40 copies, 1 review
L'homme nomade (2003) 40 copies, 2 reviews
Histoires du temps (1982) 30 copies
Verbatim (1993) — Author — 28 copies
Devenir soi (2014) — Author — 27 copies
Dictionnaire amoureux du Judaïsme (2009) — Author — 25 copies
Gândhî ou l'éveil des humiliés : Biographie (2007) — Author — 24 copies, 1 review
Survivre aux crises (2009) 22 copies, 1 review
Phares. 24 destins (2010) 20 copies
Au-delà de nulle part (1997) 20 copies, 1 review
Le premier jour après moi (1990) 17 copies
Le sens des choses (2009) — Author — 16 copies, 4 reviews
Peut-on prévoir l'avenir ? (2015) 13 copies
Europe(s) (1994) 13 copies, 2 reviews
Il viendra (1994) 13 copies
Lignes d'horizon (1990) 12 copies, 1 review
L'ordre cannibale : vie et mort de la médecine (1979) — Author — 11 copies
Les chemins de l'essentiel (2018) 11 copies
Fraternités (1999) 10 copies
Les trois mondes (1981) 10 copies
La Voie humaine (2004) 10 copies
Histoires de la mer (2017) — Author — 9 copies
L'Anti-économique (2015) — Author — 8 copies
candidats, répondez ! (2012) 8 copies
Vivement après-demain (2016) — Author — 8 copies
Urgences françaises (2013) — Author — 7 copies
Mitterrand : Verbatim (1995) — Author — 7 copies
Notre vie, disent-ils (2014) 6 copies
Nouv' Elles (2002) 6 copies
Histoire de la modernité (2013) 6 copies, 1 review
Verbatim (1995) — Author — 6 copies
L'Avenir du travail (2007) 5 copies
Mémoire de sabliers (1997) 4 copies
La Femme Du Menteur (1999) 4 copies
Los modelos políticos (1974) — Author — 3 copies
Le Livre de Raison: Roman (2022) 2 copies
Ruidos (1978) 2 copies
La condition humaine et le temps (2001) 2 copies, 1 review
La figura di Fraser (1984) 2 copies
La parole et l'outil (1978) 2 copies
Decida a Sua Vida! (2015) 1 copy
Brüderlichkeit. (2003) 1 copy

Associated Works

Nouvelles Mythologies (2007) — Contributor — 24 copies, 2 reviews
Quinquas, les parias de l'emploi (2006) — Preface, some editions — 3 copies

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Um livro estranho pós-maio 68, cheio de ideias mas especulativamente selvagem e argumentativamente bagunçado, em que a premissa principal - de que a música é um campo especial para a economia política porque prefigura formações sociais - é apenas fragilmente defendida, faltando base histórica e consistência comparativa para se sustentar. Ao mesmo tempo, dá o que pensar, no fato do desenvolvimento ocidental da música de concerto não ter correlato no oriente e na desigualdade da show more expansão capitalista nesses âmbitos. Ademais, possui uma periodização interessante, tratando a música como prática social sempre misturada a traços formais mais pronunciados - do uso ritualístico no sacrifício, ao harmonizador na representação, até a repetição e as práticas de silenciamento social e normatização em um sistema de massas e de estrelas, para lançar-se ao futuro incerto da "composição", onde vontade individual (attali é confuso sobre o quanto isso se relaciona com cenas e comunidades) se uniria com a abundância pós-capitalista para uma música do bem estar contra a ideia de demanda, ligada ao estágio da repetição. O livro é inconsistente, mas a leitura leva estranhamente a vislumbres satisfatórios (como as gravações de música separam preço e valor e como em geral a sociedade que separa preço e valor levaria a uma na qual as ações dissociariam um do outro, sociedade da prática amadora generalizada, por exemplo). show less
It's like reading the Book of Revelation. A prediction requires two things: an unambiguous way of judging if the event happened and a time limit. By this standard the book provides a mere handful of predictions, none of which are on track. It starts of trying to analyse the history of the world and find some simple rules it follows (always a waste of time). It then proceeds to talk about how in the future we'll all be playing golf and riding horses. At no point does it explain where any of show more the "predictions" come from because they sure as hell don't follow the scant few trends identified in the first part.

At least it's bold and stimulating, even if it's proven more wrong with each year that passes.
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Certainly a thought-provoking book; I found the first two-thirds of the book - which covers the past history of what Mr. Attali defines as the "Mercantile Order" to be quite interesting and a good overview of the major economic centers from Bruges in 1200 to the present day. The latter third of the book deals with three possible, or possibly sequential, scenarios of the future based on extrapolating from the past historical lessons the author has gleaned. It is not a future I'd particular show more care to live in, but it is an important insight into the worldview of Mr. Attali and his colleagues which is quite different from John Q. Public show less
The author takes an economist’s point of view of the future. He looks largely at the history of humans and economic trends over time with emphasis on capitalism. He looks at core cities of innovation and predicts where the future core will move to which may be San Diego, California. Currently, the US has predominance in innovation and is predicted to continue so for maybe another 30 years. Jacques then looks at drivers for potential future conflicts. He looks at conflicts associated with show more taking resources and with religious differences. He concludes with an optimistic chapter on transhumans, which will bring altruistic values to society and will rightl the wrongs of destructive human tendencies. The author is knowledgeable and provides logical predictions. show less

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