Crisis and innovation, hand-in-hand

You must read this short article (in French) by Marc Giget, a specialist of the economy of innovation.

Necrology

Here are important people who have died recently.

1. Marie-Claire Alain was the best organist of her generation. Her brother Jehan Alain was a good composer but died at the age of 29 during the 2nd world war. Listen to the "Litanies"
2. Stéphane Hessel was part of the resistance, became a diplomat. Famous for his little book "Indignez-vous".
3. Hugo Chavez was the president of Venezuela for 14 years. Mostly a dictator with a leftist cover. One can be generous with lots of petrol to sell. The justice and human rights have gone down. But, to be fair, poverty has decreased.