Wealth accounts - National Balance-sheets are something new both in France and abroad. The results obtained are highly dependent, of course, upon the accounting definition adopted; wealth, limited to the tangible wealth only of those resident in metropolitan France, appears to be equal to the tangible and financial assets less their financial liabilities. Furthermore, the value of these assets varies depending on whether the purchase, replacement, or selling price is considered. Even if this initial attempt presents a certain number of gaps, it finally makes it possible to answer a number of deceptively simple questions : who owns the wealth, of what is it composed, how has it evolved from 1971 to 1976, and who finances whom? After evaluati...