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Re: Inflexible markets bad!!!!!!!11!!! (none / 1)

What is he talking about; that workers in France and Germany have too many protections?

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Nov 28th, 2008 at 12:03:41 PM EST
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Re: Inflexible markets bad!!!!!!!11!!! (4.00 / 6)

Duh. Of course, that's what he is talking about: that workers in France and Germany have too many protections, that is causes the French and German economies to be "more resilient", makes the "reformed" and "competitive" economies look bad in comparison and it mustn't be tolerated any longer.

When facts makes theory look bad, it's urgent to kill the facts (what have they done for us lately?).

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Fri Nov 28th, 2008 at 04:18:45 PM EST
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