The Franciscan Sisters’ Major Interviews: Vanessa Schneider interviews Philippe Aghion, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics

How can we support innovation whilst protecting the most vulnerable? Vanessa Schneider invites Philippe Aghion to put the profound economic and social transformations of our time into perspective.

A Nobel Laureate in Economics, Philippe Aghion is one of the leading contemporary thinkers on growth and innovation. His research has revitalised the theory of ‘creative destruction’ – a process whereby new ideas, technologies and businesses transform the economy, causing certain models to disappear and new ones to emerge. In conversation with

Vanessa Schneider, senior correspondent at *Le Monde*, he analyses the changes sweeping through our societies: the artificial intelligence revolution, the ecological transition, international competition, employment, education and the role of the state. How can we reconcile growth, social justice and the climate imperative? An in-depth interview to shed light on the collective choices that will shape our future and determine our ability to combine progress, justice and democracy.