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I'm constantly amazed that France's economy is as good as it is, given how much they love shooting themselves in the foot.
by tjic 17y ago
I'm constantly amazed that France's economy is as good as it is, given how much they love shooting themselves in the foot.
- barrkel 17y agoIndeed. Most of the US's growth in GDP versus say the Euro 15 countries for the past while has come from population growth. On a per-capita basis, the US doesn't seem to be reaping much of the supposed benefit of its allegedly pro-business system, though as you can tell I think there's a lot of meddling in the US system too, with what appears to be legalized bribery of government under a different name. A blogger for The Economist had an interesting article today: http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/01_0 http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/01_0 (On HN here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1038226 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1038226 )
- joubert 17y agoFrance's productivity per capita is, if not the highest in the world, in the top 3.