Did Pensions Destroy France?

Explains how pensions, aging, and labor rigidity interact with debt and politics in France.

Pensions & social securityExplainerintermediateaging populationfiscal sustainabilityfrench labor marketlabor market rigiditypension reformpolitical instability

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