The Economist has its needle so stuck in liberal economics that its leader writer almost audibly busts a gut trying to find something wrong with Germany. As far as I can see, the daft Krauts are to be roundly condemned for...1. Basing their economy on manufacturing
2. Running a trade surplus
3. Saving money instead of spending it on more imports
4. Not paying others to provide services they can perform for themselves
5. Not lending money to encourage more new businesses to start up (despite the fact that, as I learned years ago, 80% of new enterprises fail within two years)
6. Allowing women to stay at home
7. Saving jobs in order to preserve the skill base
We should all be so stupid.
A couple of days ago, I tried reading The Guardian newspaper again, and although there were one or two peanuts to pick out of the ordure, mostly it was, as I said to my wife, "Facebook for tw*ts". The writers even include their pictures in their by-lines so you can see they're still congratulating themselves on how well they used to do in the sixth form debating society.
But I think The Economist may have beaten them by a short head this week.
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8. Having at least as much respect (and pay) for experts in science and engineering as those in business and law.
A couple of days ago, I tried reading The Guardian newspaper again...
That will go down as one of the classic lines.
I gave up The Economist because I got fed up with their writers considering themselves infallible; the Guardian because I got fed up with their writers being obviously certifiable.
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