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Philippe Huet, « L’administration de l’Économie et des Finances en France », Revue française d'administration publique (documents), ID : 10670/1.s6rub9
Economic and financial administration in France The author examines structural changes that hâve taken place since 1929 within the French Economie and Finance Department by showing how the new reality resulting from the extraordinary development of the State function in our advanced industrial society has been grafted on an ancient institution to meet the basic requirements of any constituted body corporate, viz. to have the ways and means for common action. By pinpointing the continued adjustment process which transpires from the history of this department to meet new challenges, the author bears out the fact that Administration is living and reacting like a living organism which will stick to traditional values while adjusting for pressing demands from its social environment and new tasks assigned by the body politic to justify its lasting existence.