03/03/2005 3:18:47 pm
Pavlov?s Welfare State. Ann Mettler, Director of the Lisbon Council, has a very clear and well argued article in today?s Wall Street Journal Europe:

"More than most people care to admit, Europe has used the term "social" to build a system that unabashedly protects and favors the privileged -- people with jobs -- at the expense of the social outcasts, the unemployed. The system protects economic incumbents at the expense of innovative market entrants. It pampers baby-boomers and retirees at the expense of the young and future generations."

Read the entire article (pdf) - >