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Bon pour la casse: Les déraisons de l'obsolescence programmée
Voici l'ouvrage de référence sur un phénomène stupéfiant et de plus en plus connu, devenu quasi consubstantiel de l'économie capitaliste : l'obsolescence programmée.
160 pages, Pocket Book
Published May 24, 2023
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Serge Latouche
127 books69 followersSerge Latouche (born January 12, 1940) is a French emeritus professor of economics at the University of Paris-Sud. He holds a degree in political sciences, in philosophy and in economy.
Latouche is a specialist in North-South economic and cultural relations, and in the epistemology of the social sciences. He has developed a critical theory towards economic orthodoxy. He denounces economism, utilitarianism in social sciences, consumer society and the notion of sustainable development. He particularly criticizes the notions of economic efficiency and economic rationalism. He is one of the thinkers and most renowned partisans of the degrowth theory. Latouche has also published in the Revue du Mauss, a French anti-utilitarian journal.
Latouche is a specialist in North-South economic and cultural relations, and in the epistemology of the social sciences. He has developed a critical theory towards economic orthodoxy. He denounces economism, utilitarianism in social sciences, consumer society and the notion of sustainable development. He particularly criticizes the notions of economic efficiency and economic rationalism. He is one of the thinkers and most renowned partisans of the degrowth theory. Latouche has also published in the Revue du Mauss, a French anti-utilitarian journal.
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October 25, 2025
La capitalisme et les États-Unis à l’origine d’un problème majeur pour l’humanité ?! Qui l’eu cru.
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