This Policy Brief compares macroeconomic developments in France and Germany since the beginning of monetary union. Although the French economy has been growing slower than the German economy since the financial crisis, the two economies have grown at roughly the same rate since the beginning of...

Introduction: the working hypothesis -- What work is worth -- As American as economic pie -- Productive pluralism -- The labor market -- A future for work -- Turning around -- The environment and the economy -- Teaching to the rest -- The importance of borders -- More perfect unions -- The wage...