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Some of the successful countries, the Scandinavian countries in particular, have very different structures of collective bargaining from, say, France or Italy, with much more of an emphasis on national, trilateral, discussions and negotiations between unions, business representatives, and the state.
As Kcurie has argued eloquently, Spain also falls in this category, and it has reduced its unemployment rate by half in 20 years, which is no mean feat.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 23rd, 2005 at 12:20:52 PM EST
I suggest this can be seen as the affect of increase in the Fitness Landscape.
by ATinNM on Wed Nov 23rd, 2005 at 12:28:21 PM EST
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Indeed.

Dead right.

A bargain system and the fact that people in the agriculture slowly diminished is all you need to know...

Creation of employment needs growth and a good system to share the wealth between workers and bosses...

This is my world view.. I must admit it has been heavily influenced by the fact that I grew up in Barcelona which is the extreme example of good bosses and unions. I have never heard people more intelligent thant those in charge of the commerce chamber and employers and employees organizations. If other countries would have the same kinfd of people in charge the world would be much more better...

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Wed Nov 23rd, 2005 at 01:57:59 PM EST
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I envy Barcelona for its enlightened capitalists. That's where you get nice urbanism like Cerdà or Gaudí. I think Madrid is friendlier, but it has suffered the plight of being the Capital of unenlightened "Hispanity" and so is an urbanistic nightmare. Besides, the people of Madrid resisted Franco's siege for almost 3 years, so he had to retaliate against them (this is the opinion of Javier Marías, one of my favourite madrileño writers).

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 23rd, 2005 at 05:36:09 PM EST
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