The record for the CAC 40 index, reflecting the stock market value of our largest companies, should delight everyone. The event, however, is likely to go unnoticed, unless it hits the headlines for the wrong reasons.
There is no point in boasting at a time when the government is demanding 20 billion euros in savings to replenish the state coffers. On the other hand, there is nothing like the insolent prosperity of our large groups to regenerate the ambient anti-capitalism which still plagues political life. We know the song: haro sur… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 57% left to discover.