The French Economy

Intro -- Preface -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- Introducing the French Economy -- Historiographical overview -- Not backward but different -- The eve of the First World War -- The interwar period -- The changing French economic model -- The legacy of occupation and resistance, 1940-44 -- The postwar reforms, 1944-58 -- The Gaullist model of economic policy-making, 1958-74 -- The economic model in transition 1974-83 -- The liberal model of redistribution, 1983-2018 -- Conclusion -- Growth and structural change in the French economy, 1945-2018 -- Overview of the performance of the French economy, 1945-2018 -- The economy under the Fourth Republic, 1945-58 -- The economy under Gaullism, 1958-74 -- From recession to U-turn, 1974-83 -- Towards the service economy, 1983-2018 -- Conclusion -- Regional inequality -- The Administrative structure -- Regional planning after 1945 -- Socialist regional reforms from 1982 -- Socialist regional reforms, 2014 -- Conclusion -- Interpersonal inequality -- Income inequality -- Wealth inequality -- The structure of taxation -- Labour market -- Other forms of inequality -- Conclusion -- The French economy and European integration -- The European Coal and Steel Community -- The European Economic Community -- The single market -- The single currency -- The Franc Zone -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.