French dissing

I was amused, Friday, reading the NY Times, when I happed upon Krugman's article about French vs American productivity. Had a little smile on my face: Hmmm, thunk I. I'm sure I wrote something danged similar just a few scant weeks back. Was further amused, yesterday morning when, on my daily jog around some favorite blogs, I noticed Norm, over at OneGoodMove, had pinged the same piece. Neither Krugman's piece nor mine really gives a full view of what the French sacrifice, nor do either of us go into depth about the profound ills of the French state's finances. But I like Krugman's focus on culture and choice. And he really does dig it in with the "family values" irony. Good stuff.