Two pieces of good news have recently broken through the world's prevailing gloom:
the reelection of Barack Obama and French President François Hollande's embrace of energetic and courageous proposals to boost the competitiveness of French industry. And yet international cooperation to protect global public goods remains weak.
PARIS – The newspaper commentaries that I write often have a dark perspective. Sadly, this one will be no different. But there are two pieces of good news that break through the gloom.