Public sector

The voluntary, civic, or social sector concerns a diverse array of non-profit organizations emphasizing civil society.

They are subdivided into three types: the State civil service (Fonction publique d'État, FPE) includes teachers and soldiers, and employs 44% of the workforce.

The local civil service (Fonction publique territoriale; FPT) is made up of employees of town halls and regional councils: 25% of the workforce.

[3] Right-libertarian and Austrian School economists have criticized the idea of public sector provision of goods and services as inherently inefficient.

"[4] American libertarians and anarcho-capitalists have also argued that the system by which the public sector is funded, namely taxation, is itself coercive and unjust.