http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113141535903390772.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
JOEL KOTKIN
"The French political response to the continuing riots has focused most on the need for more multicultural 'understanding' of, and public spending on, the disenchanted mass in the country's grim banlieues (suburbs). What has been largely ignored has been the role of France's economic system in contributing to the current crisis. This highly structured and increasingly infracted economic system has limited opportunities for immigrants and their children. In a country where short workweeks and early retirement are sacred, there is little emphasis on creating new jobs and even less on grass-roots entrepreneurial activity."
