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Europe's not working: the continent's major economies have fallen asleep. And there's not much hope this will change soon.
BERLIN -- They call themselves "The Happy Unemployed," and they fight "the dictatorship of wage dependency"--at a very leisurely pace.
This German group so far consists of a few amateur humorists, and seems unlikely to grow larger. For while there is persistent mass unemployment in many European countries--with jobless rates hovering near double-digit levels in Germany, France, and other parts of the continent for most of a decade now--it's unlikely that many Europeans enjoy being unemployed. Like other people, most Europeans strive for the benefits that come with being a member of the work force: financial independence, a feeling of usefulness, self-confidence, ...
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