La 4e de couverture indique : "L'économie ne parle plus du réel. Malgré ses prétentions scientifiques, elle s'est perdue dans l'élaboration de modèles abstraits bien souvent incapables de présenter une vision adéquate du monde économique et de ses problèmes. Est-on certain que les prix...

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...

Since 2008, France experiences a sharp productivity slowdown. Both output per hour and total factor productivity are particularly deceptive in the market economy. This recent trend contrasts with the acceleration of productivity during the previous crisis in the 1990's and the continuous...

We show that an institutional change designed expressly to heighten competition for the provision of union services can have a substantial effect on unionization and employment relations. We study a French reform of 2008 that introduced mandatory elections for representation of workers at firm,...