The Chinese book, 2000 years old, which should have been read before the elections.

Originally published on Rue89, 23/3/2010.


The  recent election debates in France and the results bring us back to a book written more than 2000 years ago, the translation of which has been released by Editions “Les Belles Lettres. “The Dispute over salt and iron” is a Chinese text astonishingly modern on governance that many politicians should read !

Judge by yourself with a few quotes:

“Now you pretend that you take from the rich to

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