French economy - fighting the FT version | 34 comments (34 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: LTe - letter to Thornhill (none / 1)

Jerome wrote:

We are all soaked on a permanent basis by gloomy, or even catastrophist descriptions of the French economy, but the statistics in the very pages of your own paper can lead to very different conclusions, if one chooses to do so. I wonder why that choice is so rarely made (the choice to worry about lack of healthcare coverage instead of the fact that 'too few' seniors work), and I would hope that voices carrying that choice could be heard more frequently in the FT.

My attempt:

We are all continually soaked in gloomy, even catastrophist descriptions of the French economy, but the statistics in your very own pages can lead to very different conclusions, if one chooses to make them. I wonder why that choice is so rarely made [in these pages??], and I hope that the FT will give voice more often to those who make that choice, and who refuse to view the French system as irretreivably doomed.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Mon Apr 16th, 2007 at 08:41:59 AM EST
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Re: LTe - letter to Thornhill (none / 0)

I left out the part about health care and senior-citizen unemployment because, while it would be relevant to a discussion about editorial decisions, it's tangential to the specific point, which is editorial decisions regarding the French economy.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Mon Apr 16th, 2007 at 08:47:11 AM EST
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I hear you! Let me try again...

We are all soaked on a permanent basis by gloomy, or even catastrophist descriptions of the French economy, but the statistics in the very pages of your own paper can lead to very different conclusions, if one so chooses. I wonder why that choice is so rarely made, and I would hope that voices carrying that more optimistic outlook could be heard more frequently in the FT.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Apr 16th, 2007 at 08:54:51 AM EST
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Your end is better than mine, but I still don't like "on a permanent basis," because I think what you mean is that it's continual.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Mon Apr 16th, 2007 at 09:23:45 AM EST
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I agree, and think "We are all continually..." is better than "on a permanent basis".

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Apr 16th, 2007 at 10:31:42 AM EST
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French economy - fighting the FT version | 34 comments (34 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)