[tomjohn77]

Strange that worker efficiency per hour is greater in France than in the US. That is not a good sign for the States.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Source? I don't beleive you.

[BrooklynGOP]

cite?

[hinckley buzzard]

Strange that worker efficiency per hour is greater in France than in the US. That is not a good sign for the States

It's all in the definition. Somewhere in excess of 30% of french workers are government employees. How do you measure productivity of layers of bureaucrats?(Hint: Any way you want to,).

Compare how the French keep their crime rate so low--Police chiefs are evaluated on the reported crime rate in their jurisdictions--the fewer crimes reported, the better the evaluation. Hmmm...

[untenured]

Strange that worker efficiency per hour is greater in France than in the US. That is not a good sign for the States.

It's a little higher, not much. But that particular, oft-cited datum is much misunderstood. In France, as elsewhere in Europe, labor has been made very expensive through huge payroll-based taxation, layoff restrictions, etc. Employers rationally substitute capital (e.g. machines) for workers. The workers who remain appear to be very productive because they're working with so much capital, but many people don't work at all, and output per person (as opposed to per worker) becomes much lower.

[Bigfitz]

I have worked for and with French Nationals as well as US Citizens and several other countries in A Classical Kitchen Brigade System over the Last 35 years I have not seen a Discerning Difference between anyone Nationality Though the French Tend to be alot more arrogant then most in a Kitchen setting which is really funny since most French food comes from Italy ( Caterina Di Meci`) or England (Augusta Escofier)

[bahblahbah]

Who cares? The EU has about 150 million people and the EU and the US has about the same GDP.

[HighWheeler]

"Strange that worker efficiency per hour is greater in France than in the US. That is not a good sign for the States."

You sure are spewing a load of crap.

This site shows the U.S.A. #2 in the world, with France at a lowly #19.

http://www.mrdowling.com/800gdppercapita.html

You have any better stats? Show 'em.