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To: LindyBill who wrote (102009)	2/24/2005 9:42:54 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793797

Eurosoc - State Of The Union 24 February, 2005 eursoc.com Europe's much-vaunted "Lisbon Agenda" - which was supposed to make the EU the world's most competitive and dynamic economy by 2010 - has been put on hold. The European Commission has instead decided to concentrate on the more modest but crucial target of delivering more jobs and growth. Governments pay lip service to the need for growth and the necessity of reform: But just how much has each nation done to modernise Europe's economy? Free market think-tank The Stockholm Network has just published a country-by-country guide to the EU's 25 nations. There are horror stories, such as in France, where activist judges force companies to rehire staff laid off months or even years ago. But in general, and in particular in central Europe, reforms pioneered by Britain in the 1980s are having a positive effect on growths and employment. The report is downloadable for free in three parts. Visit the Stockholm Network's home page for details. Europe Round-Up It's Grim Up North 24 February, 2005 EURSOC's older readers will remember how in the 1980s British newspapers would fill their pages with shocking reports on gun crime and racial unrest in the United States. Things seem to have swung the other way recently. The Weekly Standard has become particularly good at chilling the blood of its US readers with lurid reports of discontent among Europe's growing immigrant (read: Muslim) communities. This week it's Sweden's turn to be subject of a bleak report on how the prized welfare state is blamed for creating ghettos of underemployed immigrants. Interesting stuff - like the author's previous features on France's simmering ghettoes, we recommend you check it out.

To: LindyBill who wrote (102009)	2/24/2005 11:58:05 AM
From: DavesM	Respond to of 793797

lindy, This is all mind boggling to me. All Virginia Postrel and Dr. Summers had to do is look at the any medical or dental schools, and they'd know where the women scientists are. Takes too long? Four years of Medical School and another three years to seven years of post doctoral training, and yet over 40% of Medical School classes nationally are women. Too many hours? Has no one ever heard of the hours that third year medical students and many residents are asked to work? As far as engineering goes, one should also note that Americans in general represent a smaller and smaller percentage of Doctoral students, so should it be a surprise that American women haven't made huge gains in the numbers of engineering phds?