JOB INSECURITY GOT YOU DOWN? WORried about all those new dead-end, low-pay McJobs that masquerade as gainful employment? Maybe the U.S. should look to Europe, where unions are still muscular, minimum wages high, and most workers insulated from the brutal hire-and-fire culture that characterizes mid-1990s America.
Then again, maybe not. The rich benefits that have made Europe a sweet place to work have clogged its economic arteries. Call it Eurosclerosis--the combination of a staggering tax burden and a blanket of regulations that smother new businesses and entrepreneurship. Symptoms: Europe's unemployment rate of 11% is twice as high as the U.S.'s, and...
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