post War Golden Age, ‘Trento Glorieux’, Swinging sixties, miracolo economico, Wirschaftswunder... In Western Europe, the post-war years in the 1970s were quickly labelled by flattened words, which built them in mythical times, a true age of contemporary gold. The appearance of a golden legend is therefore not a phenomenon specific to France and must therefore be embraced by a comparative view. In this vein, I will bring together a number of rings.