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Anatomie de la croissance molle

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  • Jean-Paul Fitoussi

    (OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po)

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Depuis le début des années quatre-vingt-dix, la croissance fut particulièrement faible en Europe, 1,3% en moyenne (1, 1 % pour la France). C'est la plus mauvaise performance, pour une période de cinq ans, depuis la seconde guerre mondiale. Cet article est consacré à une analyse des mécanismes qui produisent une croissance molle en nos pays et à la question de leur pérennité. Le processus de la croissance faible est engendré par une modification des rapports de forces entre acteurs sur les marchés, dont le premier signe fut une élévation brutale et durable des taux d'intérêt réels longs. Domination des « créanciers » sur les marchés financiers et domination des entrepreneurs sur le marché du travail sont les caractéristiques du temps présent. Elles sont la conséquence à la fois de la globalisation financière et de politiques monétaires qui furent, jusqu'à une période récente, trop restrictives. L 'emploi et l'investissement apparaissent comme les principales variables d'ajustement pour des entreprises contraintes de se désendetter. Alors que l'atonie de l'investissement et l'aggravation du chômage conduisent aux déficits publics et sociaux et à l'endettement des Etats. La tutelle des marchés financiers sur la politiques économique n'en devient que plus lourde. Mais ce déséquilibre des rapports de force n'a rien d'irréversible et il n'implique ni résignation, ni renoncement à notre système de protection sociale. Il est en effet possible de concevoir des politiques susceptibles de rétablir l'équilibre des forces, qui seul est compatible avec la démocratie de marché, système dont l'article cherche à dessiner les contours. Comme les trente glorieuses que nous avons connu, les « vingt médiocres » qui viennent de s'écouler peuvent n'être que la conséquence de facteurs spécifiques, historiquement datés et qu'il serait erroné de projeter dans le futur. Il se pourrait ainsi que l'avenir de la croissance soit beaucoup plus dégagé qu'on ne le croit et qu'on ne le dit. A condition que l'on en comprenne les ressorts profonds, et que l'on cesse d'opposer l'économique et le social : leur intersection forme, au contraire, le lieu privilégié de la démocratie.

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  • Jean-Paul Fitoussi, 1996. "Anatomie de la croissance molle," Post-Print hal-01010188, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01010188
    DOI: 10.3406/ofce.1996.1439
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