French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is in a hurry. His reign since March has been a whirlwind of...
French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is in a hurry. His reign since March has been a whirlwind of activity. He has shaken up industries ranging from retailing to banking to defence. And he has sought to prove he is best qualified to succeed Jacques Chirac as the country's president. There is just one problem: He's got it upside down. In truth, what France needs isn't a finance minister who aims to fix all the country's woes single-handedly. It needs one with the courage to shut his office door, shrug his shoulders, and tell business it needs to start fixing itself. At the end of Novemb...
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