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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Askenazy, Philippe, author.

Freeman, Richard, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Emanuel, Susan, translator.

Standardized Title:

Decennies aveugles. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

France--Economic conditions--1945-.

France.

France--Economic policy--1945-.

Physical Description:

xvi, 260 pages.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520959958

0520959957

OCLC:

893676543