[lbo-talk] The German jobs miracle

[Wojtek S]

"While the French Socialists were introducing the 35-hour week and
cranking up minimum wages, Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) were
deregulating the labor market and raising pressure on the jobless to
find work."

[WS:] It is not surprising that the working class is turning to the right.

However, a far more interesting question is what prompts "new" labour,
socialists and social democrats to embrace neoliberalism?  My
hypothesis, as I argued here
http://wsokol.blogspot.com/2012/01/day-after-neoliberalism.html is
that changing class structure and the growing importance of the
"technostructure" (i.e. techno-managerial personnel) prompts these
parties to adopt a political stance that is appealing to this class.

Wojtek

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:45 PM,  <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> Jesus Fucking Christ!
>
> http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/08/us-germany-jobs-idUSTRE8170P120120208
>
> Joanna
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Wojtek
http://wsokol.blogspot.com/