A column in the Wall Street Journal mocks President Sarkozy for suggesting that gross domestic product, which is how economic growth is measured, be changed to include subjective variables such as happiness. This is a transparent attempt to paper over France’s sluggish economic performance. Happiness is important, of course, but it comes about by allowing [...]
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France Wants to Move the Goal Posts to Hide Dismal Economic Performance
Posted in Big Government, Competitiveness, Economics, France, Gross domestic product, tagged Economic growth, France, GDP, Gross domestic product on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An Astounding 52 Percent of French Citizens Interested in Fleeing to Capitalist America
Posted in Big Government, France, Free Markets, tagged Capitalism, France, Free Markets on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The French love to complain about the unfettered capitalism (if only that was true) and social Darwinism of America’s “Anglo-Saxon” system. Yet a Reader’s Digest poll found that more than one-half of the French people would be interested in moving to America if they had the opportunity.
How Dare the French Complain About Polanski’s Detention
Posted in Crime, France, Hypocrisy, OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Roman Polanski, Sovereignty, tagged Sovereignty, Crime, OECD, Hypocrisy, France, Roman Polanski, Rape, Rapist on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The French are upset that Roman Polanski, the fugitive child rapist, has been detained by Swiss authorities at the request of the U.S. government. The Justice Department wants Polanski extradited because he fled America for France to avoid jail time. Other people have properly condemned the French government for wanting to defend this sleazeball, who [...]
