The 1981 Election of François Mitterrand and the Radical Reversal of Economic Policy
摘要
President François Mitterrand was elected on May 10, 1981. The recovery envisaged by François Mitterrand is Keynesian with Soviet structural overtones: “Social growth will be based on the dynamism of the public sector.” For energy, what is proposed is a break with France's nuclear tradition in favor of coal. His Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy pursued a three-pronged economic policy aimed at: stimulating the economy to improve income redistribution; combating unemployment through a reduction in legal working hours and an increase in public sector employment; and expanding State control through nationalizations.