France Needs an Economic Revolution
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Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Once in a while the French andBritish engage in a rhetorical brawl, hurling verbal rotten eggsand stale baguettes at each other across the channel. The onethat’s been happening in recent days has been a doozy.
It began with an article in the London financial pressbemoaning France’s “failed socialist experiment” -- which sopiqued the French ambassador that he posted a 10-point rebuttalon his embassy website. British and French politicians andcommentators piled on.