[Cincinna]

From the odious Paul Krugman. Never mentions the 12% unemployment rate in France. Nor the very high divorce rate, never mind the popularity of common law marriage and illigitimate children. What is the use of 7 weeks vacation if you have no money to use it? What is the use of "free" schools if they don't get you a job when you are done. No society that encourages laziness and does not encourage entrepreneurship, private ownership and individual success can succeed. When the money runs out for all benefits under the Nanny State, then what?

[Red6]

Yea, they have a lot of free time with their families with more than 10% unemployment.

I notice he don't mention that.

Red6

[elorenzo]

French Families like holidays...

Hello,

I intended to say in connection with the article of "Paul Krugman" that French spent more time with their family, because they work less, they have more holidays... it’s true! it is exact that certain can have 9 weeks of holidays, in my preceding job (BNP paribas), I had 9,5 weeks equivalent of holidays!! now I work in a software firm and I have 5 weeks of holidays, when my small daughter was born, 5 months ago I had 2 week paid by the social security. In short, French work not much, but that depends also the context and the moments; the executives can be harshly invested and worked 10h per days in intense work period; it sometimes happened to work the week-end and the evening until 11pm... thus one should not take all that in term of statistics; ... the more so as, if you look at the CAC40 market since the beginning of year... the Parisian place is the best of world market! far in front of the others... (18% since january 2005) Would the American companies like microsoft and motorala uses of many engineer in France then why it make this if it isn’t so competitive?

[elorenzo]

French Families like holidays...

Hello,

I intended to say in connection with the article of "Paul Krugman" that French spent more time with their family, because they work less, they have more holidays... it’s true! it is exact that certain can have 9 weeks of holidays, in my preceding job (BNP paribas), I had 9,5 weeks equivalent of holidays!! now I work in a software firm and I have 5 weeks of holidays, when my small daughter was born, 5 months ago I had 2 week paid by the social security. In short, French work not much, but that depends also the context and the moments; the executives can be harshly invested and worked 10h per days in intense work period; it sometimes happened to work the week-end and the evening until 11pm... thus one should not take all that in term of statistics; ... the more so as, if you look at the CAC40 market since the beginning of year... the Parisian place is the best of world market! far in front of the others... (18% since january 2005) Would the American companies like microsoft and motorala uses of many engineer in France then why it make this if it isn’t so competitive?