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...

Two of the greatest financial fiascos of all time took place at the same time and were instigated by two acquaintances: the Mississippi Bubble, on which John Law at first made a vast fortune and gained sway over French finances; and the South Sea Bubble, launched by Law and Thomas Pitt, Jr.,...

"An excellent introduction to issues surrounding the postwar French welfare state."-Archives "An important and groundbreaking book."-Martin A. Schain, New York University Little noticed by much of the world, France, during the 1960s and 1970s, developed into one of the most generous welfare...