Gaël Giraud : le vrai pouvoir n'est ni au peuple, ni aux politiques

Find our partner Yomoni: https://www.yomoni.fr/ -- In this episode of "The Financiers," we welcome economist Gaël Giraud to analyze the excesses of our economic model and deconstruct common misconceptions about neoliberalism. Through his research and publications, he offers a profound analysis of the financialization of society and the true drivers of our contemporary crises. Gaël Giraud revisits the pillars of classical liberalism to demonstrate how what he calls postliberalism has betrayed its original democratic principles. By reinstating financial markets at the forefront of political decision-making, facilitating tax optimization for large corporations, and commodifying fundamental aspects of life, the current system has replaced the ideal of emancipation with the dictatorship of profit. During this interview, the economist also establishes a fundamental link between the rise in inequality and peak oil, explaining the shift from the Fordist model of the post-war boom to the era of austerity and speculation. He warns against the logic of "everything capitalizable," an accounting technique that seeks to reduce nature, housing, data, and humanity to mere future financial flows. Faced with the ecological and energy challenges of our century, Gaël Giraud details the societal choices before us: a centralized and authoritarian model on the one hand, or a democratic reappropriation of common goods on the other. This discussion is essential for rethinking the true value of our surroundings and restoring moral and political responsibility to finance. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Teaser: The Illusion of Accelerationism 00:00:44 - Introduction by Gaël Giraud 00:01:53 - Why the Term Neoliberalism Is Inaccurate 00:02:26 - The 3 Pillars of Classical Liberalism 00:04:25 - When Financial Markets Replace Democracy 00:06:03 - Tax Optimization and the Transfer Pricing Rule 00:08:50 - The Apportionment Rule: The Solution Against Tax Evasion 00:10:38 - Sponsor: Yomoni 00:11:49 - The Privatization of Life and the Commodification of Humanity 00:14:11 - The Explosion of Inequality Since the 1980s 00:17:28 - Peak Oil in 1970 and the End of Bretton Woods 00:23:34 - Renewable Energies: Citizen Model vs. Authoritarian Option 00:28:39 - The Anti-Democratic Shift in the United States and China 00:32:22 - Capitalization: The Accounting Invention That Changed Everything 00:37:50 - The Capital I Am Not: The Drift of Human Capital 00:43:50 - Speculative Bubbles: From the .com Bubble to the Excesses of Tech 00:46:22 - Why We Must Move Beyond the Capitalization-Based Approach 00:50:14 - Will AI Really Create Productivity Gains? 00:53:21 - Uberization and the destruction of the Fordist wage model 00:55:51 - The disappearance of commons and the de-commercialization of cities 01:00:44 - Crisis in commercial real estate: The SCPI trap 01:02:15 - Transforming empty offices into social housing 01:06:53 - Conclusion of the interview Les Financiers is on ALL social networks! ► Instagram: Instagram: lesfinanciersmedia ► X: https://x.com/lesfinancierstv ► LinkedIn: LinkedIn: les-financiers-media ► TikTok: TikTok: lesfinanciersmedia ► Our website: https://www.lecrayongroupe.fr/ Business inquiries: [email protected] Co-production /influx: https://www.influxcrew.com