2.) For your last graph, is there a way we can look at the numbers but with the retirement programmes excluded? I read that Denmark spends a lot in re-schooling unemployed workers, and I'd be interested to compare that to other countries, as in comparing the "Anglo-Saxon" model vs "Scandinavian" model.
Another metric would be to compare the number of full time-equivalent jobs to the total population: i.e. 2 persons in a half-time job would mean only a 50% "full employment" rate. That would have a significant impact for countries that have a lot of part-time jobs.
2/ No, sorry. Not in that Le Monde article anyway. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
This may sound doltish. But if in general it is compulsory to have education until 16-18 years old in the listed countries, why include part of the student population in the age range of 15-64? Why not sample more realistically and start at 18? Or should I stop picking at this and accept things because they are just the way they are...?
Even so, Denmark looks impressive this way. Assuming a 50:50 distribution between men and women, up to 80 percent of the men of total population appears employed...
But the total activity rate in hours per week per person (or per active person) is an interesting statistic to look at.
It's just that, like GDP, this only measures the labour that is exchanged for money (I pay you to scratch my back), as opposed to the labout that is traded (mutual back-scratching) or altruistic work (you scratch my back because you're my friend).
So, hours worked per person per week does not really totally measure activity. It just measures taxable activity [to steal a.swedich.kind.of.death's theme]. Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
The first round of Socratic Economics (love the title) went widely over my head, but it sure was educative (for me at least). And it also unearthed Chris's post which is a brilliant starting point.
I'm still trying to come up with an answer to rdf... He's a heavy hitter... Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
He hasn't been posting diaries for a while... Shame...
And unless rdf writes about fake food, I just watch with blinking eyes. Come to think of it, I don't think I even responded in those threads. Rats.
In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
In the real world, UK business leaders convinced the UK government to obtain an exemption from the 48h/wk limit in the relevant European Union directive. Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
Indeed.
Experts: what accounts for Denmark's statistics? nb: I understand that employment policies are by no means "one-size-fits-all", but might there be valuable, adaptable lessons to be learned from the Danes? .
If you're keen, I could post or send you the graphs and list the experts they interviewed.
Second paragraph:
Het probleem is niet dat de olievoorraden opraken, maar dat de olie niet snel genoeg gewonnen kan worden. Zolang geen nieuwe grote olievoorraden gevonden worden, zijn alleen Saoedi-Arabië, Koeweit en de Arabische Emiraten in staat de olieproductie op te voeren. The problem isn't that oil supplies are running out, but it's because oil can not be extracted fast enough. As long as no new large oil fields are found, only Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are capable to increase oil production.
The problem isn't that oil supplies are running out, but it's because oil can not be extracted fast enough. As long as no new large oil fields are found, only Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are capable to increase oil production.
The rest of this article centers around the book of Matthew Simons, who concluded that the oil fields in Saudi Arabia are in a deplorable condition and will be unable to keep up with increasing demand. (There's a notion I seem to remember you've flagged repeatedly, although you flagged the entire OPEC.)
The notion that more large oil fields will be found and that tarsands could buffer the shortage is debunked at the end of the article.
