This task is to translate a news commentary given in English language into French language. Translate the input statement into the output language while preserving the numberical values, special characters and proper nouns and context of the commentary done.

The first book is The Shifts and the Shocks, by the conservative British journalist Martin Wolf, who begins by cataloguing the major shifts that set the stage for the economic disaster that continues to shape the world today.
Le premier livre est The Shifts and the Shocks, par le journaliste britannique conservateur Martin Wolf, qui commence par cataloguer les changements majeurs qui ont préparé le terrain pour le désastre économique qui continue de façonner notre monde actuel.