📰 News Focus :
[FR ]The pandemic has reminded western countries of the importance of having your industrial needs met locally. However the constraints towards a renewed industrial sustainability are significant (Les Echos).
[FR] This focus on relocalisation has been coupled with a push towards local consumption. Finance Mag had an interesting piece about how local currencies played a major role in the amplification of local consumption.
🎤 Interview :
[ENG] Sony’s Kenichiro Yoshida talks about how his company navigated through the storm. (Asian Review - Nikkei)
📖 Long Reads :
[FR] Pharma : No, new drugs do not cost 802 M€ to be developed (Prescrire) - MUST READ
[ENG] Maybe ads don’t manipulate us as much emotionnaly as they do intellectually. (Melting Asphalt)
[ENG] The concept of cascading collapses, a phenomenon bound to happen in many sectors because of Covid-19. (Ben Evans)
[ENG] The business of kidnapping is much more ruthless and organized than you could ever imagine. (The NY Review of Books)
🎧Podcasts :
[FR] Jean-Marc Jancovici explains the intricacies of France’s energy transition. (France Culture)
Extra thought : Stock value still makes no sense to me, Zoom is now worth more than the seven biggest airlines worldwide. (Visual Capitalist)
Have a nice week-end !