Les riches ont gagné la lutte des classes ? Débat sur la thèse d'Alain Minc - C Ce Soir 22 sept 2026

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_________________________________________________________________ How did the rich win the class struggle?

It's not Olivier Besancenot, Fabien Roussel, or Jean-Luc Mélenchon who are asking the question… No, the question is being posed by a man known, on the contrary, for being a key player in the business world and the capitalist system for several decades…

This man is Alain Minc, who, along with his co-author, journalist Guillaume Erner, explains in his latest book how capitalism has, in his opinion, gone mad…

Karim Rissouli's guests this Tuesday, September 22, 2026:

Anne de Guigné, Journalist at Le Figaro

Lucas Chancel, Economist, Professor at Sciences Po within the Center for Research on Social Inequalities, author of Energy and Inequality: A Political History (Éditions du Seuil, 2025)

Guillaume Erner, Sociologist. Producer and presenter of the morning show on France Culture, co-author of "Capitalism Gone Mad: How the Rich Won the Class Struggle" (Flammarion)

Alain Minc, Economist and essayist. Co-author of "Capitalism Gone Mad: How the Rich Won the Class Struggle" (Flammarion)

Céline Marty, Philosopher of work

00:00 Summary
03:54 Why this book and why interview Alain Minc?

08:13 Alain Minc: "Capitalism isn't inherently crazy"
12:09 Céline Marty: "Always more" and social struggles
15:14 Lucas Chancel: Polanyi and the return of regulation
18:35 AI, cryptocurrencies, Trump: the risk of authoritarian capitalism
20:29 Anne de Guigné: "Capitalism's record is generally positive"
22:29 Unions, employee shareholders, and targeted redistribution
27:50 Has capitalism really reduced poverty?

34:33 Why the rich have won: Marx and tech monopolies
37:24 Can capitalism be moralized?

43:03 Democracy, ecology: is there really no alternative?

45:12 Market economy, trust, and inheritance rights
50:05 Hyper-wealth and the relationship with death
53:27 Are there credible alternatives to capitalism?

59:10 What money shouldn't buy