THE QUESTION

Philippe Chereau
February 18, 2026
The business plan was before. In a volatile world such as ours, why do we keep trying to predict what can’t be predicted? The new trend is…

Does Success Determine the Value of a Cultural Work?
Regaining control of our imaginations: a new democratic challenge
One of the recurring obsessions of European conservative parties is the criticism of public subsidies for the cultural sector. Why, they ask, should works that are unable to find their audience on their own receive public funding? Yet, in a…
The American prison system, or the business of incarceration
A business worth several billion dollars
Avatar: From Earth to Pandora, What Rights do we Have Over our Environment?
How can we inhabit our planet through law
Bank loans: what if your call history was worth more than a payslip?
1.4 billion adults do not have a bank account
Nestlé’s Strategic Lesson: Why Sometimes the Best Decision Is to Sell a Business
Designing coherent portfolios for long-term performance
Why Do We Believe in KPIs?
Explaining the hold they have over us
Artificial Islands: A Legal Object Adrift at Sea
They may house climate refugees, research centres, and renewable energy infrastructure
Why we go to war
Unmasking Anger: Do Women have the right to get Angry (just like Men)?
Why do ex-French Sub-Saharan colonies fare better economically than ex-British ones?
The “Clash of Civilizations”, an oversimplification of World Order?
Straight ahead

The Dive
Crypto unchained
Get to know how to talk about blockchains and crypto-assets
Everyone’s talking about “crypto”. So much so that even watching a sports program on TV without being bombarded by cryptocurrency broker ads has become impossible.
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