Note the Presumption
8 May 2007
Editor, Washington Post
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Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
According to E.J. Dionne, Nicolas Sarkozy's call to deregulate French labor markets offered mere "clarity" while Segolene Royal's opposite message was muddled but "well-meaning" ("Progressives' French Lesson," May 8).
Why imply that persons who advocate freer labor markets don't mean well? Whether correct or not, there's a coherent case that freer labor markets generally help workers. If M. Sarkozy accepts this case, then he, too, was well-meaning on the subject of French labor markets.
Mr. Dionne is mistaken to suggest that support for freer labor markets reflects frosty apathy toward workers.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
According to E.J. Dionne, Nicolas Sarkozy's call to deregulate French labor markets offered mere "clarity" while Segolene Royal's opposite message was muddled but "well-meaning" ("Progressives' French Lesson," May 8).
Why imply that persons who advocate freer labor markets don't mean well? Whether correct or not, there's a coherent case that freer labor markets generally help workers. If M. Sarkozy accepts this case, then he, too, was well-meaning on the subject of French labor markets.
Mr. Dionne is mistaken to suggest that support for freer labor markets reflects frosty apathy toward workers.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Monday December 31, 2007 at 2:40pm