[eng] West Germany : A Wait and See Attitude Richard Wind The recent turmoils in financial and exchange markets have intensified the international pressures on West German policy makers to boost their economy. However, fear of inflation and concern about structural questions are generally put...

[eng] French Society Carried Along by its Central Constellation Henri Mendras Today the hierarchical and pyramidal vision of society seems to be out of date as does the marxist vision. A « cosmographie » vision seems more relevant in accounting for the recent transformations of French society....

[eng] The Life Cycle Model, a Numericalc Approach Françoise Charpin The purpose of this article in to determinate numerically the behaviour of consumption, saving and accumulation resulting from the application of the life cycle model. In its elementary version this model admits only one...

[eng] Sweden: The Limits of the Welfare State Yves Bourdet Prior to the first oil crisis the Swedish model consisted of a successful combination of an active macroeconomic and employment policy and an advanced Welfare State. Since then, the oil crises and the various shocks in the world economy...

[eng] VAT Harmonization and « European Grand Market » G. Cornilleau To complete the unification of the European Economic Market, starting in 1992, the States of the Community are considering the abandonment of all custom controls at Intra-European boarders. Primarily symbolic, this measure...

[eng] From Dualism to Flexibility of Work Jean-Pierre Jaslin, Jocelyne Loos, Michel Forsé At the end of the seventies it seemed that the labour market would be divided into two parts : in the first workers would be assured of keeping their jobs ; in the second there would be a high level of...

[eng] Forecasts for the French Economy at the Dawn of 1992 M. Fouet, A. Fonteneau, E. Bleuze As regards the international environment, the two main hypotheses underlying these forecasts are an increase in the oil price, at an annual rate of 12 %, to reach $31 per barrel by 1992, and a recession...

[eng] Money and Monetary Mechanisms in France from 1878 to 1938 Jean-Marcel Jeanneney Many monetary systems are possible. The main ones have been tested in France during the period 1878-1939. They can therefore be assessed as regards the efficiency of the regulating mechanics they involve and...