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The stagnation of the labour market was one of the factors that lead me to leave Portugal, hence I welcome the reforms, but somehow the government and the triumvirate firmly believe it will help Portugal to overcome the crisis. I would like to know exactly how.

It seems to me that there are two distinct arguments here that contradict each other.
You welcome the "reforms" but you doubt they will solve the crisis?
Personally, I couldn't point to a single reform that will help with the stagnation of the labour market but maybe you can.

P.S: Don't miss the documentary "Donos de Portugal" on RTP2. You might have to tape it because it's going to air at 2:00 am.

by Euroliberal on Tue Apr 24th, 2012 at 05:43:21 AM EST
You have a point, I should have explained this better. The old market rules were fencing an old generation of workers in their jobs while casting younger generations to precarious, and illegal, contracts. Liberalising of the market may put an end to this, but won't do nothing to close the trade deficit or reform our secondary and primary sectors.

For more details please read this log on the reasons that lead me to leave.

P.S.: I'll be in Ludwigsburg thonight, no RTP there :(

luis_de_sousa@mastodon.social

by Luis de Sousa (luis[dot]de[dot]sousa[at]protonmail[dot]ch) on Tue Apr 24th, 2012 at 06:48:05 AM EST
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The old market rules were fencing an old generation of workers in their jobs while casting younger generations to precarious, and illegal, contracts. Liberalising of the market may put an end to this

The way it's being done in Spain, it appears there reform will indeed not put an end to the "dual labour market". The trend now seems to be that yound people should work for free and never expect a long-term contract, while making the position of the workers on existing long-term contracts more precarious (contracts are now easier to break by employers). But the dual labour market remains.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Apr 24th, 2012 at 07:04:05 AM EST
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ditto italia.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Apr 27th, 2012 at 11:27:26 PM EST
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Luis de Sousa:
The old market rules were fencing an old generation of workers in their jobs

You should look at unemployment for the over-fifties in countries like France.

The market rule is only use people in their most productive years.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Apr 24th, 2012 at 07:46:12 AM EST
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