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But others are... The now resigned Minister of Economic Affairs (Brinkhorst) recently called to reinstate the 40 hours work week for as many as possible. I'd like it even better to compare full employment vs employment rate vs labour productivty vs "taxable activity" for different nations. Or would all of that be nonsense?

by Nomad on Sat Jul 1st, 2006 at 07:54:55 AM EST
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Re: Not obsessed (none / 0)

I was not accusing you of being obsessd with it, just pointing out our general "cultural" obsession, as with GDP. Might make for a nice second round of Socratic Economics, but first I have to come up with the proper ironic question to ask.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jul 1st, 2006 at 08:04:17 AM EST
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No harm done (none / 0)

Sorry, I phrased myself wrong. It was clear to me you were thinking out loud.

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.

by Nomad on Sat Jul 1st, 2006 at 08:30:36 AM EST
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Re: No harm done (none / 0)

Chris' Post? Who's Chris?

I'm still trying to come up with an answer to rdf... He's a heavy hitter...

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jul 1st, 2006 at 08:43:46 AM EST
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Who's Chris? (none / 0)

Chris Kulczycki's "Let's Ban the GDP"

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.

by Nomad on Sat Jul 1st, 2006 at 08:56:19 AM EST
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Re: Who's Chris? (none / 0)

Oh, yeah, I thought it was him.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jul 1st, 2006 at 08:57:32 AM EST
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