Comments on: The French: A 35 Hour Workweek But None The Happier http://www.businesspundit.com/the-french-a-35-hour-workweek-but-none-the-happier/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: John W. McKenna http://www.businesspundit.com/the-french-a-35-hour-workweek-but-none-the-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-1656 John W. McKenna Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:25:08 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2935#comment-1656 Rob, I could not agree with you more. The business of government is to provide an environment conducive to the preservation of the rights of the individual. And while the market may not provide solutions to all of our social challenges, government does a much worse job. The last part of your post sums up Henry Hazlitt’s thesis in “Economics in One Lesson”. I suspect you have already read this great book. If your readers haven’t read it, I can not give it a higher recommendation. Take care... John Join the conversation at <a href="http://leadershipepidemic.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://leadershipepidemic.blogspot.com</a> Rob, I could not agree with you more. The business of government is to provide an environment conducive to the preservation of the rights of the individual. And while the market may not provide solutions to all of our social challenges, government does a much worse job. The last part of your post sums up Henry Hazlitt’s thesis in “Economics in One Lesson”. I suspect you have already read this great book. If your readers haven’t read it, I can not give it a higher recommendation.
Take care…
John
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]]> By: J http://www.businesspundit.com/the-french-a-35-hour-workweek-but-none-the-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 J Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:32:25 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2935#comment-1655 "Hard work never killed anybody, but it is illegal some places". -Dr. E.L. Kersten <a href="http://www.despair.com/effort.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.despair.com/effort.html</a> “Hard work never killed anybody, but it is illegal some places”.

-Dr. E.L. Kersten

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]]> By: John http://www.businesspundit.com/the-french-a-35-hour-workweek-but-none-the-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-1654 John Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:35:24 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2935#comment-1654 The thing is this: Governments should correct market failures by altering incentives, not by imposing rules. That is the one thing politicans never seem to learn. The don't understand the power of incentives, and how government action can alter them. They all seem to beleive that the only way to get people to do something different is to make them. But if you try to make someone do something when the incetives are clearly not alligned in that direction, you've accomplished nothing. People respond to incentives, not to commands. Governments would be wise to remember this fact. The thing is this: Governments should correct market failures by altering incentives, not by imposing rules. That is the one thing politicans never seem to learn. The don’t understand the power of incentives, and how government action can alter them. They all seem to beleive that the only way to get people to do something different is to make them. But if you try to make someone do something when the incetives are clearly not alligned in that direction, you’ve accomplished nothing. People respond to incentives, not to commands. Governments would be wise to remember this fact.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.businesspundit.com/the-french-a-35-hour-workweek-but-none-the-happier/comment-page-1/#comment-1653 Anonymous Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:26:55 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2935#comment-1653 Hi Rob, It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic that politicians and bureaucrats never learn that they can't dictate other people's behavior. And I mean NEVER. They always seem so shocked by the results of the theory of unintended consequences! As Red Foreman would say: "Dumbasses!" Speaking of dumbasses, why isn't Spooky Action on the 'Our Editors Recommend' list? Perhaps I should threaten to behead my new copy of 'More Space' if you don't accede to my demand? Cheers, Mike Hi Rob,

It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic that politicians and bureaucrats never learn that they can’t dictate other people’s behavior. And I mean NEVER. They always seem so shocked by the results of the theory of unintended consequences!

As Red Foreman would say: “Dumbasses!”

Speaking of dumbasses, why isn’t Spooky Action on the ‘Our Editors Recommend’ list? Perhaps I should threaten to behead my new copy of ‘More Space’ if you don’t accede to my demand?

Cheers,

Mike

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