The generalizations in Elliott's article are much too broad. For one, how can Elliott generalize from the French to "Europeans" ?? And not even among the French, Elliott's stereotypes are correct -- e.g. that "Europeans value time over stuff". Actually, according to polls and demonstrations, many low-income workers in France would dearly like to work longer (i.e. drop that additional leisure day) if only they could earn more. After all, leisure time isn't so much fun if you don't have money to "enjoy" it... (or maybe it's just that they're too much americanized....)
Btw, Keith Hudson wrote: > I am not so sure that in > America you have places where the police daren't enter unless they go in > numbers inside armoured cars. Well, there are several very large suburbs of > Paris where this is so. This concept is from America, of course! (NYC and other slums) But Keith's favorite anglo-econ press conveniently omits that... Chris _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
