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Europe's problems summed up
The American economist and blog writer Grant Williams has found an interesting way to describe in just a few lines why Europe faces such huge problems. In the latest edition of his online newsletter "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." (a delightful mix of clear vision, out of the box thinking and some funny cynicism) he presents us an 8 line summary of what the European Union and its red tape has grown to be...
Europe's problems summed up:
Pythagorean theorem: 24 words
Lord's prayer: 66 words
Archimedes' Principle: 67 words
Ten Commandments: 179 words
Gettysburg address: 286 words
US Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words
US Constitution with all 27 Amendments: 7,818 words
EU regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words
3 Comments
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Philippe
On 7 Sep, 2011
Still peanuts compared to the Belgian problem. The Belgian Official Journal (Le Moniteur, Het Staatsblad)... up to 87.000 fresh pages a year. Now covering over 45.000 laws and over 1.000.000 articles of law. No wonder nothing moves here anymore.
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ducdorleans
On 7 Sep, 2011
should we laugh, or should we cry ?
unfortunately, it's crying that takes the upperhand ... -
Jeroen
On 8 Sep, 2011
There's a solution, baked in the EURO-system & it counts 2 words:
MTM gold.
After the inflation of words, we'll see how this will play out. In the meantime, happy fishing to everyone (and don't rush all of you together in that NOK :-)
