The Prime Minister calls -- The genius of Jean Monnet and the Marshall Plan -- Europe listing, but afloat -- Russia : an opportunity bungled -- Statistics : their uses and abuses -- The economists and the dismal science -- Central bankers and their controversies -- Austerity versus growth, ideology versus common sense -- Bubbles in our future? Certainly! -- Sustainable development : a recipe with too many ingredients -- Climate change : unrealistic expectations -- The scourge of corrption, public and private -- Shaping globalization : dogged by failure -- The democratic imperative : perhaps not for all? -- Can the tide return? -- Appendix : the benefits of international conferences.