Le poids du contrepoids

We show on this article that GDP per capita was in 1960 in France about 66 % of its value in the United States. In 1980 this percentage had risen to 83 % since that date it has declined to 73 % to-day. This relative improvement then decline can be explained by the changes in economic policy which have taken place on the two stores of the Atlantic Ocean in the early 1980's.

AFTALION, F. and LECAUSSIN, N. (2005). Le poids du contrepoids. Les Echos, pp. 15.