Herv Kempf

Salary Ceiling, a Lever for Change

Over the last 30 years, disparities in income have exploded. While a big company CEO earned about 35 times the average salary of one of his employees during the …

By: Herv Kempf &; Herve Kempf ,; Mouvements|NewsAnalysis

March 15, 2011

American Chernobyl

An uncontrollable industrial catastrophe, a worm-eaten system controlled by a rigid nomenklatura, a dynamic leader who wants to change things: doesn't that remind you of something? Yes, of course: …

By: Herv Kempf &; Herve Kempf ,; Reporterre.ne|Op-Ed

June 20, 2010

Growth Objector

Clothes do not make the man, of course, but a fine appearance inspires respect. That's why it was so critical that the idea of degrowth, so cheerfully reviled by …

By: Herv Kempf &; Herve Kempf ,; LeMonde

April 1, 2010

Decision Time on Climate

In 1938, it was possible to consider Mr. Hitler a respectable man. In 1960, it was possible to believe that the Soviet Union would win the cold war. In …

By: Herv Kempf &; Herve Kempf ,; Reporterre.net

February 28, 2010

The Silent Destruction

Oh, splendid surge! Magnificent concert! The first trills are rising, preparing the choir of weepers; soon the tenor's heroic voice will move on to the mobilization aria: "Biodiversity, bio, …

By: Herv Kempf &; Herve Kempf ,; Reporterre

January 29, 2010

The Meaning of Copenhagen

Whether the Copenhagen meeting concludes in "failure" or "success" is a rather secondary question. For this dramatic moment is no finale, but the moment when the powerful forces moving …

By: Herv Kempf &; Herve Kempf ,; LeMonde

December 8, 2009

Arundhati Roy, the Conscience of Indian Democracy

People in France are undoubtedly discussing Albert Camus' Pantheonization in order to celebrate a character that has disappeared from this country: that of the writer-activist. A thousand leagues from …

By: Herv Kempf &; Herve Kempf ,; LeMonde

December 3, 2009

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