Mal francese, la medicina è americana
Tutto il contrario di quello che vuole il bollito. Lui prima lancia l'allarme e chiede più spesa sociale per evitare che il mal francese contagi l'Italia. Il Wall Street Journal gli spiega, per due giorni di fila, come stanno le cose. Prima, nell'edizione americana dell'8 novembre, per la penna di Joel Kotkin (testo integrale qui, basta inserire il proprio indirizzo email per registrarsi e leggere), gli fa sapere che il motivo principale per cui gli immigrati d'Oltralpe hanno certi rodimenti è proprio l'esclusione dovuta alla mancanza di mobilità sociale, prodotto di un sistema welfaristico che è il prototipo dei mali della politica economica continentale, tutto sbilanciato sulle garanzie e che poco o nulla concede alle opportunità. Un sistema che, quanto ad artrosi statalista, se la passa persino peggio dell'Italia (oggi, domani chissà). Scrive il Wsj:
«State-directed capitalism may seem ideal for American admirers such as Jeremy Rifkin, author of "The European Dream", and others on the left. Yet it is precisely this highly structured and increasingly infracted economic system that has so limited opportunities for immigrants and their children. In a country where short workweeks and early retirement are sacred, there is little emphasis on creating new jobs and even less on grass-roots entrepreneurial activity».
La lezione americana è questa qui:
«The Big Apple offers a lesson for France. An analysis of recent census numbers indicates that immigrants to New York are the biggest contributors to the net growth of educated young people in the city. Without the disproportionate contributions of young European immigrants, New York would have suffered a net outflow of educated people under 35 in the late '90s. Overall, there are now 500,000 New York residents who were born in Europe (not to mention the numerous non-European immigrants who live, and prosper, in the city)».
Non bastasse:
«Some of the highest rates for ethnic entrepreneurship in the U.S. belong to Muslim immigrants, along with Russians, Indians, Israelis and Koreans».
Oggi, 9 novembre, il Wsj (edizione europea) rincara la dose.
«Behind the riots in France lies a surefire recipe for discontent: a rigid job market and widespread discrimination against young Muslim men. The country's unwieldy labor-market policies, which protect job-holders but have created stubbornly high unemployment of around 10% for France's overall labor force, particularly hurt youths -- especially those of African descent».
Anche se, ovviamente, c'è pure dell'altro.
«Rigid labor markets aren't the only cause of ethnic minorities' exclusion from a national economy, and certainly aren't a precondition for racial violence. Race riots have periodically shaken U.S. cities, and Britain suffered a wave of rioting involving youths of Pakistani descent in 2001. A report for the British government concluded that a deep sense of alienation from the white majority had fed the unrest».
Qui il testo integrale.
«State-directed capitalism may seem ideal for American admirers such as Jeremy Rifkin, author of "The European Dream", and others on the left. Yet it is precisely this highly structured and increasingly infracted economic system that has so limited opportunities for immigrants and their children. In a country where short workweeks and early retirement are sacred, there is little emphasis on creating new jobs and even less on grass-roots entrepreneurial activity».
La lezione americana è questa qui:
«The Big Apple offers a lesson for France. An analysis of recent census numbers indicates that immigrants to New York are the biggest contributors to the net growth of educated young people in the city. Without the disproportionate contributions of young European immigrants, New York would have suffered a net outflow of educated people under 35 in the late '90s. Overall, there are now 500,000 New York residents who were born in Europe (not to mention the numerous non-European immigrants who live, and prosper, in the city)».
Non bastasse:
«Some of the highest rates for ethnic entrepreneurship in the U.S. belong to Muslim immigrants, along with Russians, Indians, Israelis and Koreans».
Oggi, 9 novembre, il Wsj (edizione europea) rincara la dose.
«Behind the riots in France lies a surefire recipe for discontent: a rigid job market and widespread discrimination against young Muslim men. The country's unwieldy labor-market policies, which protect job-holders but have created stubbornly high unemployment of around 10% for France's overall labor force, particularly hurt youths -- especially those of African descent».
Anche se, ovviamente, c'è pure dell'altro.
«Rigid labor markets aren't the only cause of ethnic minorities' exclusion from a national economy, and certainly aren't a precondition for racial violence. Race riots have periodically shaken U.S. cities, and Britain suffered a wave of rioting involving youths of Pakistani descent in 2001. A report for the British government concluded that a deep sense of alienation from the white majority had fed the unrest».
Qui il testo integrale.