[syriacus]

We could almost think of France as a huge laboratory, in which Sowell's clear-headed ideas have been tested and validated.

[Popman]

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[GBA]

We see a similar situation here with people hiring illegal immigrants. Putting the illegal immigration issue aside, the economic and social questions remain the same: are we exploiting the the unskilled or shutting out the competition?

[ml/nj]

I'm surprised at Sowell. Poor Catholics are not burning cars, warehouses, etc. Free market economic analysis isn't likely to be very useful among people willing to walk into pizzerias and blow themselves up.

ML/NJ

[ThirstyMan]

What he didn't address is the support system that holds up the unemployed...the safety net...welfare.

Does France offer unemployment benefits to these who can't find work?

The real problem could be that the gap between working and welfare is so slight that it discourages the unemployed from finding work. Why work 40 hours for just a little more?

If socialist France does offer generous unemployment benefits it'd mean that Sowell's idea of solving the problem by eliminating the entry wage structure/package wouldn't work at all.

[Sam Cree]

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[xzins]

Good article, but it made it appear that the rioting was a result of unemployment.

It ignores that wahabbist Muslims are indiscriminately killing all over the world.

And all we need to do is increase job growth?

Seems to me that someone should be questioning whether there's a problem in their religion.

[NonValueAdded]

reference bump

[riri]

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