I used to work for a company that had some token outposts in Europe (Netherlands and France). It was almost impossible to fire an employee there, so they were always very careful about adding any staff.
This article sort of seems like it fits the regime’s “Europeanization” of America.
When I was around 30, working as a manufacturers' rep, I met a guy from Germany who worked for a machinery manufacturer. Over some beer he complained about his inadequate wages, small apartment and how much better his parents had it. I advised him to chuck it and move to the U.S. where his hard work would be rewarded. I look back on that and think "under Bush & Obama the US has swiftly become like Europe, economically." Everybody is jealous of what they think others have, and nobody can really break out of the straight-jacket we've made for ourselves.