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Article Deconstruction (vol. 5) - French fear | 26 comments (26 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Article Deconstruction (vol. 5) - French fear (none / 0)

Let's please debunk the meme that jobs are going from France to London.

There are lots of French servers in London restaurants and bars, but we wouldn't call that brain drain, now weould we?

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 08:11:41 AM EST

Re: Article Deconstruction (vol. 5) - French fear (none / 1)

actually, servers might have PhD's in literature and can't find jobs. So, maybe it is a brain drain.

I, for one, know lots of very educated people doing manual labour.

by manon (m@gmail.com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 09:00:18 AM EST
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Re: Article Deconstruction (vol. 5) - French fear (none / 0)

Well, yes, the infamous "polish plumbers" are not plumbers at all. They're usually more qualified in some other way and completely unqualified as plumbers.

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 09:14:22 AM EST
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Re: Article Deconstruction (vol. 5) - French fear (none / 0)

actually, plumbers require a few years of education before being certified.

by manon (m@gmail.com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 09:30:47 AM EST
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Re: Article Deconstruction (vol. 5) - French fear (none / 0)

I know, that's my point.

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 09:34:08 AM EST
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Re: Article Deconstruction (vol. 5) - French fear (none / 0)

?????????????

by manon (m@gmail.com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 10:27:58 AM EST
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Re: Article Deconstruction (vol. 5) - French fear (none / 0)

Yes, when the british press talks about the invasion of the "Polish plumbers", it's not really plumbers we're talking about. It's people who are handy and think they can make a money in the UK by posing as plumbers for a few weeks.

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 10:32:10 AM EST
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