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Why Americans should work less – the way Germans do

• cinquemb 13y ago
  Another potential solution I see mentioned here that isn't proposed as such or further explained why this became true in the past, is that we can have another war because "war made deficits irrelevant."
  • sp332 13y ago
    We're already in a couple of wars. How many do we need to wage simultaneously before the deficit stops mattering?
    • cinquemb 13y ago
      Well seeing as human nature hasn't really changed much over our entire existence, and war apparently makes deficits irrelevant (according to the article), I don't think it is a question of how many is appropriate, but in which circumstances can war be conducted to give the outcome of deficits becoming irrelevant (for a country/economic-zone/etc, and assuming when deficits are irrelevant that things will be better)?
• userulluipeste 13y ago
  „However, it can also employ people by encouraging employers to divide work among more workers.” In USSR there were planned directives for employers „to create N workplaces per year”. Say, if an area was being cleaned/maintained by four people, it had then to accommodate five till further notice. Yes, in USSR virtually there wasn't any unemployment...