Economics
Finance Minister Le Maire Explains the French Economic Comeback
President Emmanuel Macron’s reelection chances this spring may be pinned to the nation’s humming economy.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire
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Closed schools. Empty shelves. Workers out sick. Almost two years after Covid-19 overturned the U.S. economy, “it’s like deja vu all over again,” in the words of baseball great and eminent wordsmith Yogi Berra. On this week’s Stephanomics podcast, we dive into how the omicron variant is likely to disrupt plans across America this winter. But we also explore how another country is bouncing back, as host Stephanie Flanders chats with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire about his nation’s robust economic resurgence.