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Emerging common wisdom: Villepin reform flawed + my counter proposal | 125 comments (125 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Emerging common wisdom (4.00 / 3)
Great.

So, taken with the story from last week, let's recast this: France should take Gordon Brown's lead by relying on public employment programmes to bring the young and the disadvantaged into the work force and thus solve the unemployment problem. There's a story the FT can run with. Great Britain leading the way for the backward continent again.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 07:01:00 AM EST
Re: Emerging common wisdom (4.00 / 2)
I'd be happy to give the credit to Great Britain on this one - if they are willing to take it!!

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 07:09:14 AM EST
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Re: Emerging common wisdom (4.00 / 2)
I'm only half joking. I half believe that the English language media would be more likely to like the plan if it was phrased that way.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 07:14:51 AM EST
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Re: Emerging common wisdom (none / 0)
I know and I agree. I'll try to send a note to Munchau.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 07:49:37 AM EST
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Re: Emerging common wisdom (none / 0)
You know what? It might be worth trying to write up an op-ed along those lines, to see it they will bite. Sort of like the Sokal hoak.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 27th, 2006 at 07:15:07 AM EST
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Emerging common wisdom: Villepin reform flawed + my counter proposal | 125 comments (125 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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