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Jerome, you are a university economist. So isn't the conventional wisdom, that job protection measures are bad in the upswing, as enterprises don't want to employ new people, preventing unemployment going down fast, but good in the downturn, as enterprises can't get easily rid of the people they have?

Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den Menschen
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by Martin (weiser.mensch(at)googlemail.com) on Sun May 18th, 2008 at 07:16:29 PM EST
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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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Europe.Is.Doomed (6) - 'impressive' German economy needs (what else) "reform" | 26 comments (26 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)