Further to my recent message suggesting that the mafia and a black economy
will grow in those Eurozone countries with 25-60% unemployment among the
young (and reaching into the 20%s for the general population), this
morning's Sunday Times has the following:
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Jobless Spaniards open secret restaurants
Matthew Campbell
NECESSITY is the mother of invention, and jobless Spaniards looking to
maker ends meet are taking the proverb to heart by turning their homes,
underused lofts and studios into secret restaurants.
In a working class district of Barcelona on Thursfay night, guests were
invited to whisper a password into a warehouse buzzer before being ushered
into an artist's studio and makeshift restaurant.
"I knew I was going to be laid off," said Angela Vinent, a former PR
executive. "So I decided to open a clandestine restaurant".
To the horror of tax collectors, covert entrepreneurship is flourishing in
Spain as it grapples with 26% unemployment, he highgest in Europe. In
Barcelona discreet culinary hotspots, though hard to find, are popping up
everywhere. Underground hair salons, jazz clubs and flamenco halls are also
said to be thriving.
An elderly couple murmured appreciative commentts as Vinent's 24-year-old
daghter, an art student, served a vegetarian "crisis" meal, including
caponata, a Sicilian aubergine dish thst happened to be that day's password.
. . . . The authorities have every reason to take an interes : the black
economy is said to represent between 17% and 25% of GDP.
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Keith
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