Sunday, August 25, 2013

A Proud Nation Ponders How to Halt Its Slow Decline

A Proud Nation Ponders How to Halt Its Slow Decline - NYTimes.com:
"Today, however, Europe is talking about “the French question”: can the Socialist government of President François Hollande pull France out of its slow decline and prevent it from slipping permanently into Europe’s second tier?

At stake is whether a social democratic system...... can survive the combination of globalization, an aging population and the acute fiscal shocks of recent years."

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