France is a country of rigidities dominated by corporatist vested interests. The result is a society that stifles individuality, creativity and ambition. It is not only eminent biologists and economists who leave France. There are also masses of talented young people who just can’t stand it: some go to the U.S., others to the U.K. and elsewhere. --- It Will Get Worse for France Jean-Pierre Lehmann is a professor of international political economy at IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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