法国经济学家加布里埃尔·扎克曼的观点缺乏说服力，尤其是在法国动荡之际，他的论调并未带有明显讽刺（《加州财富税与法国经济学家》，《评论与展望》，10月26日）。最新一次市民秩序崩溃背后的紧张局势比经济政策或美国当前流行的“可负担性框架”更为复杂。相对而言，法国的财政问题要简单得多。
The views of French economist Gabriel Zucman are unconvincing, especially as they are offered without apparent irony amid the unrest in France (“California’s Wealth Tax and the French Economist,” Review & Outlook, Oct. 26). Tensions behind the latest breakdown of civic order are more complicated than economic policy or the “affordability framing” now trending in the U.S. What is far less complicated is France’s fiscal problem.
政府支出在2025年占GDP的57.3%，公共债务为115.7%，赤字为5.1%，实际GDP增长仅为0.8%——远低于欧盟的1.5%增长率。
Government spending reached 57.3% of GDP in 2025, public debt stood at 115.7%, the deficit was 5.1% and real GDP growth was only 0.8%—well below the EU’s 1.5% growth rate.