France is often described as one of the last Western economies unable to reform itself in the face of globalization. Yet its economy has not fallen by the wayside and has even resisted the great recession that began in 2008. By interlinking historical, economic, and political factors and by comparing France with other nations, this book explains the puzzle presented by the development of France. Understanding France's economy requires downplaying the usual policy injunctions demands for less state control and less rigidity in the labor market and instead stressing the importance of constructing a long-term industrial strategy.
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France is often described as one of the last Western economies unable to reform itself in the face of globalization. By interlinking historical, economic, and political factors and by comparing France with other nations, this book explains the puzzle presented by the development of France.
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Foreword Introduction Chapter 1. Four Decades of an Industrial Revolution Chapter 2. 1974--1981: The Creation of Mass Unemployment Chapter 3. 1981--1986: The Socialists Try Chapter 4. 1986--1993: From Hard to Soft Economic Liberalism Chapter 5. 1993--2002 : "New" Effective Policies? Chapter 6. 2002--2007: The Decay of French Economic Policy Chapter 7. 2007--2013: From Optimism to the Great Recession Chapter 8. The State of France: Four Decades after the First Oil Crisis Conclusion Index
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ISBN
9780520277991
Publisert
2014-11-26
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University of California Press
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408 gr
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210 mm
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140 mm
Dybde
21 mm
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U, P, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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Philippe Askenazy is Senior Researcher at the Paris School of Economics and Director of Research at the French National Center for Scientific Research. He is the author of La croissance moderne (2002) and Les desordres du travail (2004), among other books. Richard Freeman holds the Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University and directs the Science and Engineering Workforce Project at the National Bureau of Economic Research.