Economy, Industry, Technology #1

This bimonthly newsletter offers concise forward-looking insights into topics we believe are important for the future. It includes information confirming trends (“strong signals”), “weak signals” heralding possible changes, disruptive developments worth considering (“What if…”), interesting debates about the future, and a selection of recent publications that we consider particularly insightful. This newsletter does not claim to be exhaustive. The topics covered may be explored in greater depth in other Futuribles publications.

Contributors to this newsletter:
Antoine Le Bec and Cécile Désaunay.

Strong Signals (Confirmation of Trends)

Growing integration of security issues into industrial and economic policies 

In 2024-2025, more than half of industrial policy interventions in Western countries are linked to security considerations.

Between 2009 and 2016, Western econom