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Re:Why Germany Is Better at Training Its Workers by Tomte on Friday October 17, 2014 @06:55AM (#8470287)
No, Kurzarbeit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_time) was one preeminent mechanism saving our economy.

Other countries without that mechanism suffered much more.

In Germany we basically loosened the rules for Kurzarbeit (not officially, I think, but the authorities were much more lenient than usual about the legal requirements), because it was a mechanism already in place.

That last part is important. A mechanism that only works okay, but is already implemented everywhere is much better than the perfect mechanism, specifically tailored to your needs, but impossible to roll out on short notice.

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Re:Why Germany Is Better at Training Its Workers by ThomPete on Friday October 17, 2014 @08:47AM (#8470635)
Yeah we have that too in Denmark where I am from. Not so sure it's what saved the Danish economy. I think it's more to do with a fairly flexible workforce and that all agreements about salaries happen between the employer and the employee unions.
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