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Re:The average Greek is working a full 40% longer than the a... by batista on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @02:41AM (#3975284)
Even with those "cuts" the German wages are still 2 times over the "southern countries".

Except if you mean to say that those in the South are less humans and do not deserve even half the wages and social welfare that Germans do --which Germany has historically said in a few occasions...

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Re:The average Greek is working a full 40% longer than the a... by Uchikoma on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @11:12AM (#3976909)
Again, this is not what happened.

e.g. see here

http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/7536

Unit labor costs in Germany increased 5% (essentially was flat) from 2000 to 2011, Greece costs increased 40%, Spain 30%, Italy 30%.

The graph very clearly explains why Germany has substantial economic growth.

(Google "unit labor costs europe" for other sources)

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Re:The average Greek is working a full 40% longer than the a... by lispm on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @05:01PM (#3978817)
relative. How about absolute numbers?
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