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UNINA9910460426703321 |
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Autore |
Askenazy Philippe |
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The blind decades : employment and growth in France, 1974-2014 / / Philippe Askenazy ; translated from the French by Susan Emanuel ; foreword by Richard Freeman |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (277 p.) |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History |
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France Economic conditions 1945- |
France Economic policy 1945- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Four Decades of an Industrial Revolution -- Chapter Two. 1974-1981: The Creation of Mass Unemployment -- Chapter Three. 1981-1986: The Socialists Try -- Chapter Four. 1986-1993: From Hard to Soft Economic Liberalism -- Chapter Five. 1993-2002 : "New" Effective Policies? -- Chapter Six. 2002-2007: The Decay of French Economic Policy -- Chapter Seven. 2007-2013: From Optimism to the Great Recession -- Chapter Eight. The State of France: Four Decades after the First Oil Crisis -- Conclusion -- Index |
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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 |
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UNINA9910783355903321 |
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Autore |
De Duve Christian |
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Life evolving [[electronic resource] ] : molecules, mind, and meaning / / Christian de Duve |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
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0-19-770145-0 |
0-19-988261-4 |
1-280-50240-1 |
9786610502400 |
0-19-534817-6 |
1-60256-893-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (358 p.) |
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Life - Origin |
Evolution (Biology) |
Life (Biology) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. What Is Life? Chemistry; 2. What Is Life? Information; 3. Where Does Life Come From?; 4. How Did Life Arise? The Way to RNA; 5. How Did Life Arise? From RNA to Protein-DNA; 6. How Did Life Arise? The Birth of Cells; 7. The History of Life; 8. The Invisible World of Bacteria; 9. The Mysterious Birth of Eukaryotes: The Problem; 10. The Mysterious Birth of Eukaryotes: A Possible Pathway; 11. The Visible Revolution; 12. The Arrow of Evolution; 13. Becoming Human; 14. The Riddle of the Brain; 15. Reshaping Life; 16. After Us, What?; 17. Are We Alone? |
18. How About God in All That?Envoy; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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A Nobel laureate discusses findings in the biological sciences in the past half century and explains what they reveal about the nature of life. |
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