As Smash-and-Grab Capitalism Collapses, the French Economy Shines By William Pfaff —

As Smash-and-Grab Capitalism Collapses, the French Economy Shines
By William Pfaff —

Many in Britain and the United States are in mourning for what’s taken as the suicide of the American (or Thatcherite, or Chicago-school) model of capitalism, accompanied by the non-interventionist state that hands the national economy over to business and financial leaders to run.

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