Jonathan Báez Valencia
@jbaezvalencia.bsky.social
Professor "How to study inequalities? Economic, political and sociological approaches" at FLACSO Ecuador
Inequalities and Elites
Inequalities and Elites
Pinned
And after a long journey is here
"TRUSTS: Searching for the Hidden Treasure in Ecuador" in The Political Economy of Elites in LA, edited by Jan and Rebeca dla @uni_kassel and published in @routledgebooks
It shows 84 companies in tax havens hidden in
1/3
"TRUSTS: Searching for the Hidden Treasure in Ecuador" in The Political Economy of Elites in LA, edited by Jan and Rebeca dla @uni_kassel and published in @routledgebooks
It shows 84 companies in tax havens hidden in
1/3
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Le trumpisme conquérant nous rappelle que défendre les libertés académiques et scientifiques n'a jamais été neutre. Il a en effet fallu mener des combats pour obtenir cette liberté.
Il faut assumer la nécessité de cette lutte politique, plutôt que de se réfugier dans une improbable neutralité
Il faut assumer la nécessité de cette lutte politique, plutôt que de se réfugier dans une improbable neutralité
Nous ne sommes pas à l'abri qu'un jour, on décide purement et simplement de la suppression du GIEC, ou de ses rapports, ou de sa supervision éditoriale totale par les élites politiques - ce qui pousserait les scientifiques vers la sortie. Une politique (meurtrière) de la tête dans le sable.
Au GIEC, une bataille très politique autour des dates de publication du prochain rapport d’évaluation
Pour la quatrième fois en deux ans, les pays n’ont pas réussi à s’accorder sur le calendrier du rapport phare du groupe d’experts du climat. Certains pays veulent repousser sa parution pour amoindrir ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Le trumpisme conquérant nous rappelle que défendre les libertés académiques et scientifiques n'a jamais été neutre. Il a en effet fallu mener des combats pour obtenir cette liberté.
Il faut assumer la nécessité de cette lutte politique, plutôt que de se réfugier dans une improbable neutralité
Il faut assumer la nécessité de cette lutte politique, plutôt que de se réfugier dans une improbable neutralité
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Very senior economist speaks out against Summers and against the discipline continuing to bestow privileges and honors on him; calls out sexism in economics.
You'd think this site should be flooded with similar threads...
You'd think this site should be flooded with similar threads...
1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Very senior economist speaks out against Summers and against the discipline continuing to bestow privileges and honors on him; calls out sexism in economics.
You'd think this site should be flooded with similar threads...
You'd think this site should be flooded with similar threads...
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Effet Streisand de la censure au Collège de France : un succès sans aucun précédent pour un colloque scientifique !
Une preuve aussi de l'intérêt très important de l'opinion publique pour la question palestinienne et du besoin d'information sérieuse. histoirecoloniale.net/le-colloque-...
Une preuve aussi de l'intérêt très important de l'opinion publique pour la question palestinienne et du besoin d'information sérieuse. histoirecoloniale.net/le-colloque-...
Vidéo : le colloque « La Palestine et l’Europe » qui s’est tenu malgré sa censure au Collège de France
Télécharger le programme Les vidéos de l'intégralité du colloque "L'Europe et la Palestine" : JOUR 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sSUd_QNff4 JOUR 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihsa2SO10wc Le p...
histoirecoloniale.net
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Effet Streisand de la censure au Collège de France : un succès sans aucun précédent pour un colloque scientifique !
Une preuve aussi de l'intérêt très important de l'opinion publique pour la question palestinienne et du besoin d'information sérieuse. histoirecoloniale.net/le-colloque-...
Une preuve aussi de l'intérêt très important de l'opinion publique pour la question palestinienne et du besoin d'information sérieuse. histoirecoloniale.net/le-colloque-...
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Novelty and fad dances are dances which are typically characterized by a short burst of popularity, although some have longer-lasting lives. Some iconic steps are "Gangnam Style", "YMCA", the "Macarena", and "the $40 billion bailout by American tax payers"
Argentina President Javier Milei doing the “Trump dance” at Mar-a-Lago after getting an $40 billion bailout.
Meanwhile, Trump won’t renew subsides for American healthcare.
Meanwhile, Trump won’t renew subsides for American healthcare.
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Novelty and fad dances are dances which are typically characterized by a short burst of popularity, although some have longer-lasting lives. Some iconic steps are "Gangnam Style", "YMCA", the "Macarena", and "the $40 billion bailout by American tax payers"
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Joyce Carol GOATs
We have discovered the antidote to Elon Musk's tyranny—his truest nemesis.
First of Her Name, Queen of the Bookstores and Libraries, Daughter of the Literature Department and Humanities, The Breaker of Billionaires...
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
lithub.com/elon-musk-ge...
First of Her Name, Queen of the Bookstores and Libraries, Daughter of the Literature Department and Humanities, The Breaker of Billionaires...
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
lithub.com/elon-musk-ge...
Elon Musk gets roasted on his own platform by Joyce Carol Oates.
Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk, wh…
lithub.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Joyce Carol GOATs
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New analysis with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and @kittyjstewart.bsky.social: If we are serious about trying to reduce child poverty we cannot rely on employment alone. We need serious investment in social security.
largerfamilies.study/publications...
largerfamilies.study/publications...
Benefit changes and larger families
We are a group of university-based researchers investigating how families with more than two children are coping with the benefit cap or the two-child limit.
largerfamilies.study
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New analysis with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and @kittyjstewart.bsky.social: If we are serious about trying to reduce child poverty we cannot rely on employment alone. We need serious investment in social security.
largerfamilies.study/publications...
largerfamilies.study/publications...
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Même avec la pression à l'Open access, les éditeurs scientifiques commerciaux font des marges de bâtards - oui, je suis grossier
(le pognons des APC chez MDPI 🤬)
(le pognons des APC chez MDPI 🤬)
The solutions of the past 3 decades have failed to change the incentives of #PublishOrPerish. As a result, researcher funding, time, control, and trust has been lost.
The ONE CONSTANT in the wake of the serial crisis, #PlanS and #OpenAccess reform has been publish profit margins.
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The ONE CONSTANT in the wake of the serial crisis, #PlanS and #OpenAccess reform has been publish profit margins.
2/n
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Même avec la pression à l'Open access, les éditeurs scientifiques commerciaux font des marges de bâtards - oui, je suis grossier
(le pognons des APC chez MDPI 🤬)
(le pognons des APC chez MDPI 🤬)
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I wrote an op-ed on the subject during Trump 1: remember his bragging onstage at the first Presidential debate in October 2016, stating that not paying taxes for 19 years meant he was "smart?"
He and his ilk have been forcing us to pay their bills for decades.
brookeharrington.com/wp-content/u...
He and his ilk have been forcing us to pay their bills for decades.
brookeharrington.com/wp-content/u...
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I wrote an op-ed on the subject during Trump 1: remember his bragging onstage at the first Presidential debate in October 2016, stating that not paying taxes for 19 years meant he was "smart?"
He and his ilk have been forcing us to pay their bills for decades.
brookeharrington.com/wp-content/u...
He and his ilk have been forcing us to pay their bills for decades.
brookeharrington.com/wp-content/u...
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Fun fact: over 20 years ago, Charles Rossotti--then IRS commissioner--estimated that the average American was paying an involuntary, undisclosed 15% surcharge on their income taxes because the ultra-rich were engaging in mass tax avoidance like this.
Imagine how much higher that surcharge is now.
Imagine how much higher that surcharge is now.
For more on IRS: The agency is run by people who personally benefit from reversing IRS positions on tax enforcement, and have fired a huge chunk of its tax enforcement staff. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Fun fact: over 20 years ago, Charles Rossotti--then IRS commissioner--estimated that the average American was paying an involuntary, undisclosed 15% surcharge on their income taxes because the ultra-rich were engaging in mass tax avoidance like this.
Imagine how much higher that surcharge is now.
Imagine how much higher that surcharge is now.
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Texte essentiel de Dominique Eddé sur la censure de @sarihanafi.bsky.social et des voix palestiniennes pour la paix par @lemonde.fr dans l'Orient le jour
www.lorientlejour.com/article/1485...
www.lorientlejour.com/article/1485...
Gaza, Israël, islam : avis aux portiers de la culture
Le refus du Monde de publier une tribune de Sari Hanafi sur
www.lorientlejour.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Texte essentiel de Dominique Eddé sur la censure de @sarihanafi.bsky.social et des voix palestiniennes pour la paix par @lemonde.fr dans l'Orient le jour
www.lorientlejour.com/article/1485...
www.lorientlejour.com/article/1485...
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Over 500 economists and inequality experts from 70 countries are urging world leaders to establish an “IPCC-style” body for inequality. Some surprising new names, including Former US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen or Daron Agemoglu
www.equals.ink/p/500-econom...
www.equals.ink/p/500-econom...
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Over 500 economists and inequality experts from 70 countries are urging world leaders to establish an “IPCC-style” body for inequality. Some surprising new names, including Former US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen or Daron Agemoglu
www.equals.ink/p/500-econom...
www.equals.ink/p/500-econom...
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Sneak peek from Renée DiResta’s AISSR Lecture last week: How does social media reshape political power? From performed credibility to fragmented info worlds, her insights hit hard.
Watch the full lecture & aftertalk with @lizamugge.bsky.social ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nshb...
@ascor.bsky.social
Watch the full lecture & aftertalk with @lizamugge.bsky.social ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nshb...
@ascor.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Sneak peek from Renée DiResta’s AISSR Lecture last week: How does social media reshape political power? From performed credibility to fragmented info worlds, her insights hit hard.
Watch the full lecture & aftertalk with @lizamugge.bsky.social ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nshb...
@ascor.bsky.social
Watch the full lecture & aftertalk with @lizamugge.bsky.social ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nshb...
@ascor.bsky.social
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Je me sens moins seul à expliquer qu'il n'y a pas droitisation par en bas. Cet article rejoint sur le Royaume Uni rejoint les conclusions que j'ai établi sur la France
🚨 New paper with Maria Grasso on generational shifts in political values. Despite talk of rising age polarisation, we show that gaps in attitudes are stable or even narrowing. Economic attitudes move in cycles, while social values have become more liberal – mainly due to generational replacement.
Political Socialisation in the UK: Describing Generational Changes of Values - International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society
A growing bulk of research examines intergenerational shifts in attitudes and the extent to which they are attributable to new cohorts of voters being socialised under different socioeconomic and cult...
link.springer.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Je me sens moins seul à expliquer qu'il n'y a pas droitisation par en bas. Cet article rejoint sur le Royaume Uni rejoint les conclusions que j'ai établi sur la France
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Refuser la tribune de @sarihanafi.bsky.social, spécialiste international reconnu de la diaspora palestinienne et des mondes arabes et publier la toutologue réactionnaire Nathalie Heinich en moins de 24h00.
Beau travail de normalisation de l'extrême droite @lemonde.fr
Beau travail de normalisation de l'extrême droite @lemonde.fr
Tiens, @lemonde.fr publie l'opinion d'une sociologue en art sur le colloque « La Palestine et l’Europe ».
Évidemment, le journal ne précise pas la spécialité de Nathalie Heinich et met en référence ses publications non scientifiques sur son fantasme du "wokisme".
C'est déplorable.
Évidemment, le journal ne précise pas la spécialité de Nathalie Heinich et met en référence ses publications non scientifiques sur son fantasme du "wokisme".
C'est déplorable.
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Refuser la tribune de @sarihanafi.bsky.social, spécialiste international reconnu de la diaspora palestinienne et des mondes arabes et publier la toutologue réactionnaire Nathalie Heinich en moins de 24h00.
Beau travail de normalisation de l'extrême droite @lemonde.fr
Beau travail de normalisation de l'extrême droite @lemonde.fr
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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@victorerikray.bsky.social explains the growing ultraconservative schism in which one side has growing discomfort with the open expressions they preferred to voice in euphemisms. And its echoes of the White Citizens Councils’ expressed concerns over the KKK, who they assisted in private.
“Overseeing the GOPs transformation into an ever more radical party, McConnell excused the party’s increasingly open bigotry. Now, faced with the monster he created, McConnell pleads ignorance.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-heritage...
The Heritage Foundation, Groypers, and the Narcissism of Small Differences
Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
@victorerikray.bsky.social explains the growing ultraconservative schism in which one side has growing discomfort with the open expressions they preferred to voice in euphemisms. And its echoes of the White Citizens Councils’ expressed concerns over the KKK, who they assisted in private.
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📝 A new report by Dr Kitty Stewart, Professor Ruth Patrick and Professor @aaronreeves.bsky.social shows why tackling child poverty requires removing the controversial two-child limit and benefit cap.
Read the full report ➡️ buff.ly/bFN4kga
Read the full report ➡️ buff.ly/bFN4kga
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📝 A new report by Dr Kitty Stewart, Professor Ruth Patrick and Professor @aaronreeves.bsky.social shows why tackling child poverty requires removing the controversial two-child limit and benefit cap.
Read the full report ➡️ buff.ly/bFN4kga
Read the full report ➡️ buff.ly/bFN4kga
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Why don’t leading German tech entrepreneurs see themselves as part of the establishment?
Lion Hubrich reflects on elite biographies, the construction of meritocratic legitimacy, and appropriation of the figure of the outsider.
#OpenAccess in the journal @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/cZuTblt
Lion Hubrich reflects on elite biographies, the construction of meritocratic legitimacy, and appropriation of the figure of the outsider.
#OpenAccess in the journal @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/cZuTblt
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Why don’t leading German tech entrepreneurs see themselves as part of the establishment?
Lion Hubrich reflects on elite biographies, the construction of meritocratic legitimacy, and appropriation of the figure of the outsider.
#OpenAccess in the journal @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/cZuTblt
Lion Hubrich reflects on elite biographies, the construction of meritocratic legitimacy, and appropriation of the figure of the outsider.
#OpenAccess in the journal @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/cZuTblt
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📣 New report: Despite efforts to widen access to higher education, social mobility is flatlining or declining across wealthier countries
Students whose parents did not attend university remain 45% less likely to reach the top earnings quintile than those with graduate parents.
➡️ bit.ly/4oE8YSK
Students whose parents did not attend university remain 45% less likely to reach the top earnings quintile than those with graduate parents.
➡️ bit.ly/4oE8YSK
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📣 New report: Despite efforts to widen access to higher education, social mobility is flatlining or declining across wealthier countries
Students whose parents did not attend university remain 45% less likely to reach the top earnings quintile than those with graduate parents.
➡️ bit.ly/4oE8YSK
Students whose parents did not attend university remain 45% less likely to reach the top earnings quintile than those with graduate parents.
➡️ bit.ly/4oE8YSK
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This paper explores the causal effect of motherhood on women's occupational class trajectories using data from the 1970 British Cohort Study. It shows that motherhood significantly increases downward mobility and limits access to professional occupations.
#EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/yH4r4Nb
#EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/yH4r4Nb
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This paper explores the causal effect of motherhood on women's occupational class trajectories using data from the 1970 British Cohort Study. It shows that motherhood significantly increases downward mobility and limits access to professional occupations.
#EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/yH4r4Nb
#EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/yH4r4Nb
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In die Schweizer Elite schafft es nur, wer Einfluss hat – und die richtigen Netzwerke. Der Lausanner Soziologe Felix Bühlmann erforscht, wer dazugehört: einige Hundert Menschen, die Wirtschaft, Politik und Verwaltung prägen. Was muss man tun, um Teil davon zu werden?
Von Bundesräten bis zu Wirtschaftsbossen: Wer gehört in der Schweiz wirklich zur Elite? Dieser Mann weiss es
www.blick.ch
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In die Schweizer Elite schafft es nur, wer Einfluss hat – und die richtigen Netzwerke. Der Lausanner Soziologe Felix Bühlmann erforscht, wer dazugehört: einige Hundert Menschen, die Wirtschaft, Politik und Verwaltung prägen. Was muss man tun, um Teil davon zu werden?
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New from me:
An interactive data visualization showing billionaire migration: paths from birthplace to most recent residence for > 3,100 of the world’s richest individuals.
Most importantly, fun to play around with; also, useful for thinking about q's re: elites and comparative wealth ineq. 1/5
An interactive data visualization showing billionaire migration: paths from birthplace to most recent residence for > 3,100 of the world’s richest individuals.
Most importantly, fun to play around with; also, useful for thinking about q's re: elites and comparative wealth ineq. 1/5
Billionaire Migration: An Interactive Map
An interactive map of city-level migration flows for 3,106 billionaires from birth to most recent residence.
wesleystubenbord.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
New from me:
An interactive data visualization showing billionaire migration: paths from birthplace to most recent residence for > 3,100 of the world’s richest individuals.
Most importantly, fun to play around with; also, useful for thinking about q's re: elites and comparative wealth ineq. 1/5
An interactive data visualization showing billionaire migration: paths from birthplace to most recent residence for > 3,100 of the world’s richest individuals.
Most importantly, fun to play around with; also, useful for thinking about q's re: elites and comparative wealth ineq. 1/5
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Dans @acrimed.bsky.social, @jeremieyounes.bsky.social est taquin. Tout l'article est hallucinant par ailleurs. Avec des micros ouverts H24 pour ces personnes, on est vraiment dans la 💩.
www.acrimed.org/Deluge-de-ca...
www.acrimed.org/Deluge-de-ca...
![Dans un trop long (et laborieux) portrait, Causeur prévient : « Si beaucoup de juifs de New York […] partagent certaines positions progressistes, l’élection de Zohran Mamdani à la mairie, [aura] des conséquences inévitables au sein, et peut-être à l’encontre, de cette communauté. » Le magazine d’extrême droite décrit Mamdani comme un « marxiste-léniniste », « un narcissique déraciné de naissance », « qui n’est chez lui nulle part »… Et les esprits les plus taquins pourraient voir ici un autre trope raciste, d’ailleurs souvent dirigé contre les juifs](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jgmbaxorgcfqlv2xuxmcdbfh/bafkreiba4dlbke727mluiglm7fcjgswy6kfthdtyz5umr2juvtbkcudpwi@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Dans @acrimed.bsky.social, @jeremieyounes.bsky.social est taquin. Tout l'article est hallucinant par ailleurs. Avec des micros ouverts H24 pour ces personnes, on est vraiment dans la 💩.
www.acrimed.org/Deluge-de-ca...
www.acrimed.org/Deluge-de-ca...
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[📻 #Socioelites] "Les start-ups : enquête au cœur du nouveau monde du capitalisme" avec Marion Flécher
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Les start-ups : enquête au cœur du nouveau monde du capitalisme
Les “start-up” font partie désormais du langage courant. Mais derrière les promesses de ce nouveau modèle, quelle est la réalité de l’organisation du travail dans ces entreprises ? Quelles sont les pr...
www.radiofrance.fr
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
[📻 #Socioelites] "Les start-ups : enquête au cœur du nouveau monde du capitalisme" avec Marion Flécher
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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Hier Anne-Sophie Delval de l'OBELIS @sspunil.bsky.social a parlé des élites suisses au micro du 12h30 de la RTS: www.rts.ch/info/societe...
Derrière la discrétion, les stratégies des élites suisses pour conserver leur influence | RTS
En Suisse, la méritocratie reste un idéal plus qu’une réalité. Le pouvoir continue de se concentrer entre les mains d'une minorité, qui se transmet ses privilèges de génération en génération, a expliq...
www.rts.ch
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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