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'Flexicurity': A Hybrid Anglo-Saxon/European model, by way of Uppsala? | 18 comments (18 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

can an economist comment on this post on Brussels' journal: http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/510 which seems to tear apart the Bruegel report (but I don't really trust it).

Via instapundit.

by koenzel (koen@vanschie.net) on Mon Nov 28th, 2005 at 04:39:31 AM EST

Ireland is a special case (none / 0)

For starters, unlike most countries its GDP is much higher than its GNP, because so much of its production is foreign-owned and repatriated abroad. Irish politicians brag about GDP when running for re-election but use the lower GNP when asking for EU subsidies.

Second, Ireland has also outperformed the USA and the UK, two other countries favored by neoliberals. So there is something else, specific to it, that is at play here. The UK and US have not outperformed Scandinavia, and in the Bush era the US has underperformed Canada, the UK, and Scandinavia.

by tyronen on Thu Dec 1st, 2005 at 05:31:59 PM EST
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Re: Ireland is a special case (none / 0)

Is China in the same situation regarding the GDP and GNP?

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Dec 1st, 2005 at 05:57:23 PM EST
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