"History is a wonderful thing, if only it was true"
-Tolstoy

Sunday, April 16, 2006

More on Europe's dim prospects

Not just the French.
Add this to the demographics ... lack of offspring.

Vive La Dolce Vita - New York Times

"Italians, too, are unhappy with the advance of 'precariousness.' This is still a society where a central goal is to be "sistemato" — secured in a paid position, preferably not too labor intensive, that can be held for life and, if possible, passed on to the children."

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