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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824400303321

Autore

Askenazy Philippe

Titolo

The blind decades : employment and growth in France, 1974-2014 / / Philippe Askenazy ; translated from the French by Susan Emanuel ; foreword by Richard Freeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015

2015

ISBN

0-520-95995-7

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 260 pages

Disciplina

330.944/083

Soggetti

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History

France Economic conditions 1945-

France Economic policy 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- 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

Sommario/riassunto

"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."--Publisher.