There's a lot of criticism of the fact that I'm presented as a "polytechnicien" - if it had been up to me, this would never have been used, so these criticisms should really be aimed at Le Monde, who thought this was relevant. Banker is more logical.

I'd much rather have been presented as editor of ET. That said, I am a polytechnicien and certainly not ashamed of it. It is possible to be one and be able to take a critical look at the system that gives us such a privileged position, without wanting to completely destroy the system either.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes