This & That, Ceci et Cela

Interesting insight to the socio-political landscape that frames the riots.  Specifically: "A French employee works 30% fewer hours than a British worker, and a much smaller percentage of the French population than the British works at all, yet total French output is very nearly equal in value to British. In other words, the French are much more efficient economically than the British. But their relative efficiency has been bought at a ...