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Gilbert Rist

Gilbert Rist was emeritus professor at the Graduate Institute (IHEID, formerly IUED) in Geneva. After teaching in Tunis, he was director of the Centre Europe-Tiers Monde and collaborated with the United Nations University. He also taught at Sciences Po Paris. His publications include: La Tragédie de la croissance (Presses de Sciences Po, 2018).

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Works involving Gilbert Rist

Le développement

Retracing the course of history, Gilbert Rist presents the theories and strategies that have sought to transform the world since the 1940s. His critique of development and the dominant economic paradigm reveals the limits of western hegemony, and the contradictions that result from demands for growth and the urgent need to save the planet.

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Le développement

Histoire d'une croyance occidentale

Gilbert Rist
La Tragédie de la croissance

We all understand that infinite growth in a finite world is impossible, yet we act as if that were not true.To preserve our mental health we refuse to consider embarrassing truths, hoping that all will turn out well, but not really knowing how...

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La Tragédie de la croissance

Sortir de l'impasse

Gilbert Rist
L'économie ordinaire entre songes et mensonges

Gilbert Rist presents a radical critique of neoclassical economics from a social and historical perspective. This book is necessera because it changes the focus on the ongoing debates about economics.

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L'économie ordinaire entre songes et mensonges

Gilbert Rist

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