The French Economic Miracle?

France’s GDP was 0.9% higher in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the same period in 2019, before Covid-19, surpassing the UK’s and Germany’s economic growth in the same period.  But what explains this economic success? Is it the might of the French state, as some have suggested, or have the French begun to turn towards more economically liberal policies to drive growth?    IEA Economics Fellow, Julian Jessop discussed his latest article for CapX on this issue, where he assessed why France is surprising its competitors.  Read here.   Support the IEA on Patreon, where we give you the opportunity to directly help us continue producing stimulating and educational online content, whilst subscribing to exclusive IEA perks, benefits and priority access to our content https://patreon.com/iealondon   FOLLOW US: TWITTER - https://twitter.com/iealondon​​ INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/ieauk/​​ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/ieauk​​ WEBSITE - https://iea.org.uk/