Are black markets creating unreported jobs in Spain, Greece, Ireland, and Portugal?

executivemonkey · 2012-05-24T07:54:10.754005+00:00

in Italy higher taxes and less jobs are, in my opinion, making the black market grow, despite the tighter controls. Overall, however, work and money are scarce.

amaxen · 2012-05-23T23:47:46.984901+00:00

probably it was this one

amaxen · 2012-05-23T20:43:13.502499+00:00

But if you create a federal republic of Europe

considering that some member states are monarchies, I doubt it will be called a federal republic.

on the other hand, we could elect a new emperor instead. Europe has been missing one for some time.

blue1_ · 2012-05-23T15:01:02.815608+00:00

This idea of parallel currencies is apparently gaining traction. For example, the new mayor or Parma, Italy, is talking about introducing a local currency.

TheMagnificentTroll · 2012-05-23T13:27:40.824780+00:00

think what you want of exorcists, but the very fact that Amorth is declaring something so explicit is rather strange for vatican customs.

arnieeu · 1 day

that's a feature. it means that /r/europe has not yet collapsed to hivemind.

arnieeu · 1 day

italian.

arnieeu · 1 day

Personally, I would love to have my country directed by Germany.

mr_chromatic · 2 days

The fourth edition of "Programming perl" (the camel book) has been released two months ago.

bmw120k · 4 days

In Italy, austerity means "even more taxes". Spending has not been significantly reduced, because that's the matter on which political power feeds.

GinoCY · 4 days

Turkish terrorist

terrorist turkey

You may be right, but is it really necessary to use the word "terrorist"?

Hansaman · 5 days

up to which point is the problem.

comelli · 5 days

The Count never disappoints.

God_Wills_It · 7 days

Last czar seen in Europe was Nicholas II.

krattr · 7 days

yeah, brilliant idea the blue ringed sign. Adopt a standard and break another (the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic)

crsp · 7 days

Faccio del mio meglio. Non sempre funziona :)

crsp · 7 days

I was thinking more generally of cultures, of which languages are a part

crsp · 7 days

I am not speaking of languages only. In a system that evolves, diversity leads to a system that is less efficient but has more possible directions for evolution (so, for example, it's more resilient, but that does not apply to languages).

crsp · 7 days

Well, ok. But I wrote that "remember" because Windows 7, unlike the older software, has more sensible shortcuts. For example, after years of suffering, like the rest of the civilized world we finally can enjoy ctrl-A for "select all" instead of the old nationally correct "ctrl-5-on-keypad".

crsp · 7 days

It seems to me that massive global exchange of information leads to more standardization and less diversity, generally. I don't have data on this, but I suspect that there are more languages dying than emerging, now. This has certainly practical benefits in the short run, but I am not sure in the long run, as the evolutive potential is restricted.

kcin · 7 days

Word can open ODT documents.

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