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I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job.

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I would not be opposed to devising a new system of pensions, in which one part was based on collective provision, but which also gave incentives for people to take out an additional, personal plan.

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If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.

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My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist party. It may be that on my deathbed, I will come to regret my decision, but for the moment, I live at peace with it.

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My problem is how to find the best way of being useful.

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The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation.

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The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility.

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The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market.

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The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.

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The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Economist

Born: June 20th, 1925

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