Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 12

= January 12 =

Neo-Colbertian
"[T]he French [resisted currency convertibility] through a longstanding obsession with a ‘strong franc’ and their wish to preserve multiple exchange rates for different sectors and products – the neo-Colbertian heritage of a bygone era." writes Tony Judt in "Postwar". What does "neo-Colbertian", or, for that matter, just "Colbertian" mean? Our redirect Colbertian is pointing to Stephen Colbert, who wasn't even a twinkle in his father's eye at the time. &mdash; Sebastian 01:36, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Please see Colbertism.731Butai (talk) 02:05, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you; I changed the redirect accordingly. That answers the first half of the question. Anyone knows whether "Neo-Colbertism" is an accepted term, and what its differences to Colbertism are? &mdash; Sebastian 03:05, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * There is a section on, which might be the same thing, but that seems largely original research. &mdash; Sebastian 03:34, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * It may or may not be a formal term with a well-established definition. The prefix "neo-" (formally "new") is usually used for a revived philosophy; sometimes these have fairly well-defined meanings (like Neoplatonism) other times they are used for disparate ideas that only share the fact that they are revivals of or modifications to older philosophies (Neoliberalism is applied to several distinct movements that all derive from classical liberalism, for example).  I don't know the specific example here, except to state that if you can't find a clear common term meaning "neo-Colbertism" or "neo-Colbertian", than it may just be the author using the term to just mean "a revival of the economic theory of Jean-Baptiste Colbert"  -- Jayron 32 20:14, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Makes sense, thanks!  &mdash; Sebastian 01:22, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Cybertheft of $1billion
Hi, do we have an article on this? I've been searching and can't find anything. Any other recommended reading on this? Was it on the tv news? I heard nothing at the time, but then I don't pay much attention. IBE (talk) 20:21, 12 January 2016 (UTC)


 * The official source appears to be.
 * Note: maybe this question gets more attention on the computing RD.
 * The wiki article Carbanak --Scicurious (talk) 00:19, 13 January 2016 (UTC)