segunda-feira, 4 de abril de 2011

Wall Street Journal e nós


Não precisamos dos americanos para sabermos isto, mas não deixa de ser triste a imagem (verdadeira) que temos lá fora. E, já agora, não creio que seja só o Sócrates a ter a culpa toda.

«(...)Portugal is the poorest country in Western Europe. It is also the least educated, and that has emerged as a painful liability in its gathering economic crisis. (...)»

«(...)Cheap rote labor that once sustained Portugal's textile industry has vanished to Asia. The former Eastern Bloc countries that joined the European Union en masse in 2004 offer lower wages and workers with more schooling. They have sucked skilled jobs away.

Just 28% of the Portuguese population between 25 and 64 has completed high school. The figure is 85% in Germany, 91% in the Czech Republic and 89% in the U.S.(...)»

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