The current globalization process contrasts with the first globalization, in the second half of the XIXth century, with respect to international flows of production factors and to monetary arrangements: during the first globalization, Great Britain, the then dominant power, was a high saving,...

[eng] France and Italy facing their European Destiny Michel Aglietta and Jacques Le Cacheux Over the past few decades, the French and Italian economies have gone through disturbances that have, in many respects, been similar. The economic policies carried out on both sides of the Alps have,...