Laïcité, égalité, fraternité? France’s secularism bill

<p>President Emmanuel Macron’s draft bill walks a fine line balancing the country’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2020/11/23/what-is-french-laicite?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">foundational secularism</a> and worries about Islamist terrorism. Amid slumping economies everywhere, Taiwan’s looks surprisingly <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/12/02/covid-19-has-ravaged-economies-all-over-the-world-but-not-taiwans?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">buoyant</a>; we ask how that might continue after the pandemic. And how managers can best <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2020/11/28/why-office-morale-will-be-hard-to-maintain-this-year?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-note" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">navigate</a> the holiday-party season in a cheerless year.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>