The Blind Decades

Employment and Growth in France, 1974-2014
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-520-27799-1
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 427 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Askenazy, Philippe

Weitere Mitwirkende

Emanuel, Susan

Freeman, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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 désordres 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.