V. D. France’s cultural influence
→ The French welfare state: new economic models —birth rate (2.6 children per woman), Vichy’s natalist policy, baby boom —demographic increase (13 million more men from 1946 to 1976) —young population: …
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Work and unemployment: how is unemployment calculated?
How the unemployment rate is calculated The unemployment rate is calculated by INSEE. The standards are established by the ILO: International Labor Office. An unemployed person for the ILO must …
Chronology on the economy
Chronology on economics as a political science The third century BC: Aristotle already proposes a reflection on the sources of money, market value and commercial exchanges. (Nicomachean Ethics and Politics) …
Poverty Revolution
It is a common idea that revolution and war are the offspring of poverty. Alain, Remarks, 1926 In other words, are revolutions the consequence of poverty? Alain (1868–1951) was a …
Multinational firms
In this part of the economics course on globalization, in this case a sheet devoted to multinational firms, you will find the correction to the following three questions: What is …
V. Protectionism
A. What is protectionism? Protectionism is defined as all tariff and non-tariff measures aimed at protecting local producers from foreign competition. Globalization means that, in theory, there should be less …