Only "flexible" countries will be resilient

The world is currently characterised by a trend break in the structure of demand: Services are replacing industrial products; Demand for industrial products "of the past" (cars, chemicals, other intermediate goods, industrial capital goods) is declining markedly; On the other hand, demand for other industrial products (aeronautics, weapons, pharmaceuticals, luxury products) is increasing; The way in which energy is produced will have to change quickly. To maintain their growth, countries will therefore have to be "flexible": able to change their productive specialisation, retrain a large number of employees, transform manufacturing jobs into service jobs, etc.