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SOCIO-CULTURAL CHANGES REFLECTING THE CRISIS IN FRANCE AND GERMANY 5 3.1 The socio-economic factors 5 3.11 The disappearance of the secondary sector to the profit of the service sector. 5 3.12 The casualisation of work 6 3.13 Unemployment 7 3.2 Socio-cultural impediment to French and German trade union. 8 3.21 Feminization of the work place 8 3.22 The “Free-Rider movement” 9 3.23 Change of perception of trade union by the workers 9 3.24 Rigidity of trade unions

decline in economic activity, leading to a severe global economic recession in 2008. POWERPOINT D/ Unemployment and national debt The subprime crisis has an important impact on the unemployment and on the national debt of the US. Job loss accelerated drastically starting in September 2008 following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. As of October 2009, the official U.S. unemployment rate increased to 10.1%, the highest rate since 1983 and roughly twice the pre-crisis rate. POWERPOINT

In Unemployment Report, Signs of a Jobless Recovery The unemployment rate surged to 9.7 percent in August, signaling that joblessness and financial anxiety were likely to endure in millions of American homes for many months. The Labor Department’s latest employment report, released Friday, added weight to a growing belief that, at least technically, the economy had already escaped the grip of recession. Though 216,000 net jobs vanished in August, the losses continued to moderate from their worst

this year to 2.5% from 2.2%, and its forecast for 2012 rose slightly to 2.1%. Oil supply risk On the global economy the IMF said: "The recovery has solidified, but unemployment remains high." In its World Economic Outlook report the IMF also said that growth was not strong enough to make a "major dent in high unemployment rates". And it said that the major risk to growth came from further oil price rises because of supply disruption. It said the eurozone economy was expected to grow

Deficit, unemployment : the test of truth of Francois Hollande C'était il y a un an. The brochure presenting Francois Hollande’s plans was opened by quelques phrases : "Au quotidien, la crise se fait durement sentir. Our own country is facing record unemployment and sinking into recession as much as in austerity… This is the mission that is now mine. To give the European project a dimension of growth, employment, prosperity-in short, a future. . Dear friends, I want to restore the confidence

trade, programs of inflation stabilization and mass privatization. (Richard Portes, p.187) Being in a context of hyperinflation, the government must stabilize its macro-economic variables namely the rate of inflation in 1990 reached 686%, the unemployment rate corresponding to 6.3% the labor force, which was nonexistent before and above all to control its debt. These reforms are very costly for the Polish government, so it puts in place a policy that promotes economic activity and opening its

dont environ un cinquième n'atteint pas les normes européennes. 20. RECORD HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT IN JAPAN For the first time since World War II, unemployment in Japan has reached more than 5 per cent, i.e. 3.3 million people are without work. This figure is however, approximative since some 120,000 Japanese without work have not registered with the appropriate service. The reason for the worsening unemployment is well-known. The economy has slowed down considerably in the biggest industrialized

Beauty and Personal Care - Spain EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Spain in deep economic crisis 2009 represented a turning point in Spain’s healthy economic performance, with unemployment rising and growth deteriorating rapidly over the year. The Spanish government has responded to the economic slowdown with direct stimulus measures. As a result of the downturn, spending on non-essential goods has dropped, hampering the performance of some beauty and personal care products sectors. Sales of higher priced items

|Life Expectancy: Male, 58.1; Female, 61.6 Espérance de vie: Homme, 58,1; | |Homme, 61,6 | |Average salary: $1,368 Salaire moyen: 1368 $ | |Unemployment rises to 25% Le taux de chômage s'élève à 25% | |Huey Long propses a guaranteed annual income of $2,500 Huey Long propses une | |annuelle de revenu garanti de 2.500 $ | |Car Sales: 2,787

several causes of the great depression : in the early 30s over 9000 banks failed, the stock market crash provoked a decline in purchases (this led to a reduction in the number of items produced and thus a reduction in the workforce that's why unemployment rose). 6) Who were the migrant workers and how were they affected by the Great Depression? Migrant workers were landless and jobless people. They had to move to find jobs to keep from starving to death. They moved to find any farm work that