figures schmigures Damian, I'm proud of my dual french/british heritage and the reality is that both countries along with the whole western world suffer from broadly the same malaise of consuming too much and borrowing too much and paying ourselves too much, in that respect there is a rizla (my fav french product :) between us. The only reason frogs and rosbifs aren't in the same boat as the greeks atm is the enormous benefit we gleaned from a couple of hundred years of colonialism.
>-----Original Message----- >From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] >On Behalf Of Damian Walsh >Sent: 29 May 2012 10:29 >To: leedslist >Subject: Re: [LU] Eddie throws the towel in || almost > >There are different ways of measuring productivity and France is a long >way from being top in all of them, but even so, taking a relatively >unfavorable measure for France (GDP per hour worked in USD, OECD, 2010 >figures) France weighs in at 57,7 USD compared to the UKs 46,2 USD. Even >if the French under-declare the real hours worked, those figures explain >the better public services, more generous pensions, having an aircraft >carrier when the neighbours don't anymore ;) and so on.... > >Damian > >On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Andy Clayton ><andyclayto...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> wha.... You just stated the complete opposite of the truth just to get >> a reaction, right? >> >> Am consulting at a French/American telecoms company right now, with a >> new product introduction factory in Eu. >> >> Nice folks as they are, productivity wouldn't be the first word I'd >> use to describe them. Work shy maybe. Strike inclined, perhaps, >> obstinate, certainly, but certainly not productive. >> >> Andy C >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 28 May 2012, at 10:36, Damian Walsh <pussaydam...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > France has the world's highest productivity to justify its 6 public >> > holidays. >> > >> > Damian >> >_______________________________________________ >Leedslist mailing list >Info and options: >http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > >PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
