The French President explained on TV his view of a “normal” presidency. As regards economics, he may face a going getting tough with global Freakonomics and local Frenchonomics, but he knew about it before he applied for a job in France.
Watch the 20 minute speech in Replay :
Facebook stays at IPO pricing $38 (meaning investors value the company over $ 100 billion), G8 leaders drop their tie for an informal dinner at Camp David and a US (private) spaceship should fly in space again. Maybe the world is going back to normal ?
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The French and Germans share many things, including a taste for a beer or a glass of wine, whatever works, at a French “terrasse” now and then, an appetite for big German cars and vision for Europe. They should be able to discuss about normality …
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Crossroads, bloody crossroads … No need to read Freakonomics, IMF reports or the proposals and promises of the previous, current or next election campaign to understand why the French (and their building and civil works companies) prefer roundabouts …
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