French Surrender Again
De Villipin gives up on riot-inducing calls to allow employers to fire under-26-year-olds; 23 percent youth unemployment rates the biggest victor.
Thomas Hazlett diagnosed the French malady of overly statist job markets way back in Reason's May 1998 issue; I mocked the French fear of modernity, economic and otherwise, in Suck.com in a past life as well.