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well developed in the country * Its multinationals are household names (Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Canon, Sony, Nintendo, Mitsubishi and so on) * One of the world's largest fishing fleets * The 3rd largest economy in the world. * Low rate of unemployment 5% * Employment support * Country recognized of the good quality of this manufactured products | SOCIO-CULTURAL | TECHNOLOGICAL | * Japan has a health system that covers all citizens, whatever their wage this system is funded by

While officials, pundits and the everyday folks who have to pay bills lament unemployment rates that won't go down and wages that won't go up, some Rust Belt planners and union leaders are feeling optimistic: they're taking inspiration from the Basque region of Spain, where a network of worker-owned cooperatives launched amid the rubble of the Spanish Civil War has grown to become the country's seventh-largest corporation, and among its most profitable. Tandis que les fonctionnaires, les experts

NAWRU U* 3 2 U% La courbe de Phillips – ré-interprétation de Lipsey (1960) Taux d’inflation: Δp/p π Hyp: il existe un lien entre croissance des salaires et croissance des prix NAIRU U* U% U*=NAIRU(Non accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment = taux de chômage qui n’accélère pas l’inflation (assure la stabilité des prix) 3 3 La courbe de Phillips – interprétation keynésienne 3 4 France: 1970-2004 3 5 France: 1987-2004 3 6 La courbe de Phillips – critique

an alcohol culture in France, and particularly in certain company" (François Nicaise, founder of the consulting firm it addictology Restim). But today alcohol or drug consumption has quite a different origin, stress in the work; the fear of the unemployment would be at the origin of these addictions. Annie Lefessant, presenter in the ANPAA, indeed underlines the fact that the work environment can be an aggravating factor. Research suggests that the very nature of the workplace may play a part in the

|9,096 – 50% of banks |57 – 0.6% of banks | | |(Jan. 1930 � March 1933) |(Dec. 2007 � May 2009) | |Unemployment rate |25% |8.5% | |Economic decline1 |-26.5% |-3.3%

variables d’ajustement. L’Etat va donc essayer de stabiliser au maximum l’activité économique pour éviter ces trop grosses fluctuations. Il faut stabiliser l’économie autour d’un niveau « naturel » : le « NAIRU » (« Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment ») c’est un concept économique. Le problème de l’Etat c’est que ses différents objectifs peuvent rentrer en conflit avec celui-là. En particulier, aujourd’hui, avec le pacte de stabilité des croissances. Si on laisse beaucoup jouer le déficit en

no surprise that The Great Gatsby is rising again in America’s cultural landscape of 2010” (l. 12) G. 1920s: “outrageous wealth” (l. 29); “moment of prosperity” (l. 37) → crash (l. 38) 2010s: “great economic boom” (l. 24) → “unemployment and hardship” (l. 25); “mass unemployment” (l. 31); “economic wreckage” (l. 32); “burst property bubble” (l. 33). H. 1. gros succès – 2. à grand spectacle – 3. trouver un écho – 4. essor – 5. nostalgie – 6. fortune – 7. catastrophe – 8. biens – 9. devenue objet de

billion USD exported in 2009 * Iron & Steel : 40% of the world’s production * Mobile phones : 50% world’s production China, hit by the crisis * Exportations reducing * 67000 factories closed (in the first quarter of 2008) * Unemployment increased * Social conflicts multiplied Recovery Plan * 4000 Billion Yuan = 416 Billion € * Total 10000 Billion Yuan = 1040 Billion € (including all the approved projects) China reconstructs * Hyper mobility : <70% growth

LEWIS (1954), « Economic development with unlimited supply of labour », Manchester School, 22, 139191. 18/12/2004 Marché du travail et circuit économique 6 Graphique de Harris-Todaro Harris, J. R. and Todaro, M. P. (1970). Migration, unemployment, and development: a twosector analysis. American Economic Review, 60, 126-142. Marché du travail et circuit économique 7 18/12/2004 4.2 Productivité des facteurs et intensité d'utilisation, 4.2.1 Les diverses mesures de la productivité

improved a little Poverty rate decreases: 2000: 11,3% Not only because of Clinton, the economy contest was better. Unemployment rate was 4% (2010: 10%) The poverty rate started increase again: because of the policy of G.W. Bush. ⇨ We could expect an improvement with the election of B.Obama. 2010: not yet. 2008: 13,2% (39,B million poor people) ← Cause: problem of unemployment. Policy of Obama cannot create a change because of their economic crisis. 2) Who are the poor? Among minority