Blind Decades - Employment and Growth in France, 1974-2014

France is often described as one of the last Western economies that has not been able to reform itself in the face of globalization. Yet its economy has not fallen by the wayside, and it 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 offers keys for understanding the puzzle found in the development of France. Dynamics at work in the French case sidestep the usual injunctions--less state control or less rigidity in the labor market--and instead stress the importance of the construction of a long-term industrial strategy.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Philippe Askenazy, Askenazy Philippe, Susan Emanuel, Richard Freeman
• Con la collaborazione di: Richard Freeman (Prefazione), Freeman Richard (Prefazione), Susan Emanuel (Traduzione), Emanuel Susan (Traduzione)
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.11.2014
• EAN: 9780520277991
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27799-1
• Pagine: 280
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; France, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Economic history, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, economic growth, Political Economy, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General