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Foreseeing the Future of the Modern Nation-State: the Chronicles of Everstate

Dr Helene Lavoix (MSc PhD Lond) — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:46:07 +0000

Riots and protests have been progressively, and in an accelerating way, occurring in many countries. Starting with France in 2005, they spread throughout most of the world, from the Arab Spring to Thailand through Hong Kong, the U.S. or, more recently Venezuela, Algeria and France, again, with the Yellow Vest movement at the end of …

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Creating Everstate

Dr Helene Lavoix (MSc PhD Lond) — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 07:45:24 +0000

Everstate is an imaginary state in our contemporary world of the beginning of the 21st century, created to identify and imagine various futures. It will be used to represent all states and each state. Everstate is thus an ideal-type state. It is also a shorthand for the model that was constructed to represent the dynamics …

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A Road to Hell? Climate Change and Public Deficit

Dr Helene Lavoix (MSc PhD Lond) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:42:49 +0000

Climate change is not only a far away danger. Its effects have also most probably already started impacting us, as the rising number of natural catastrophes and related overall losses worldwide show. What are the consequences on states and governments? Should we continue reducing public expenditures in those conditions?

Pattern – Towards Polarization in the Western World?

Dr Helene Lavoix (MSc PhD Lond) — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:22:08 +0000

The pattern that has been emerging over at least the beginning of the second decade of the twenty-first century is a rising polarization within Western society – or societies. In this article, we identified and analysed the trend through the related signal – the 14 November 2012 strikes. We evaluated the evolution toward polarization as …

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2213 – 2218 EVT – Involution (Mamominarch)

Dr Helene Lavoix (MSc PhD Lond) — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 08:00:31 +0000

Last episodes’ summary: In 2212 EVT, Everstate (the ideal-type corresponding to our very real countries created to foresee the future of governance and of the modern nation-state) knows a rising dissatisfaction of its population. To face the various difficulties and widespread discontent, in a first scenario, Everstate’s governing bodies implement as policies the conclusions of the Mamominarch Commission: a programme of drastic reduction of public expenses …

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A few thoughts regarding #OccupyWallStreet

Dr Helene Lavoix (MSc PhD Lond) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:46:20 +0000

A few thoughts regarding the #OccupyWallStreet movement, including the arrests in NYC on Saturday 24 September 2011, related effects on the treatment by media, and recent articles and blogs.