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If France wants to transform itself, it needs to do more than take on one institution
There can be benefits in allowing companies such as Amazon to expand into other industries
The French president’s plan belongs to an outdated tradition of industrial policy
But he will have to think strategically if he is to be a truly transformative president
Technology allows us to harness personal computing and networks to pool risks
Technocratic tinkering will do nothing to cool France’s anger
France glimpses a freer future but the past keeps it in chains, writes Nicolas Colin
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