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Europe.Is.Doomed (6) - 'impressive' German economy needs (what else) "reform" | 26 comments (26 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
The conventional wisdom I see (none / 1)
is that it's never good, as I noted above. There is no good time for labor market rigidity, and no good time for wage increases.

But I'm not a university economist.

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

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon May 19th, 2008 at 03:48:15 AM EST
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Re: The conventional wisdom I see (none / 1)
To turn what Martin says into conventional wisdom would be a small victory.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Mon May 19th, 2008 at 06:49:14 AM EST
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