Comments on: Spain’s Unemployment Continues To Climb As The Economy Contracts http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/spains-unemployment-continues-to-climb-as-the-economy-contracts/ European Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A Paycheck Away From Ruin | Easy Mortgage 2012 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/spains-unemployment-continues-to-climb-as-the-economy-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-53373 A Paycheck Away From Ruin | Easy Mortgage 2012 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:40:06 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=4939#comment-53373 [...] Fistful of Euros blog has a number of interesting graphs to go along with the article Spain’s Unemployment Continues To Climb As The Economy Contracts. Spanish unemployment shot up again in February to 3.48 million in February, whilst consumer [...] [...] Fistful of Euros blog has a number of interesting graphs to go along with the article Spain’s Unemployment Continues To Climb As The Economy Contracts. Spanish unemployment shot up again in February to 3.48 million in February, whilst consumer [...]

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]]> By: Francisco http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/spains-unemployment-continues-to-climb-as-the-economy-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-30748 Francisco Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:15:11 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=4939#comment-30748 An inefficient public service system is drifting Spain into the worst economical crisis for more than 50 years which, according to experts, can last for several decades. The Spanish public sector is based on an old and obsolete system based on exams (“oposiciones”) after which civil workers enjoy life-time contracts which foster relaxation and lack of expertise updating. The system creates an unproductive workforce, stuck in routine and destructive stability which leads to apathy, indifference and half-heartedly performance. This situation has driven Spain to have one of the least efficient public service systems in Europe. A system absolutely trapped by bureaucracy. From licensing permits to civil sentences, all kind of public services are delayed for years hampering economical initiatives. The Spanish youth community, holding one of the largest enrolment rates in higher education in Europe, is suffering the worst face of the crisis. The recession has hit young workers hardest, with the unemployment rate increasing from 17.5 % three years ago to over 40 % by January 2010. In this difficult situation, the number of young people trying to become civil servants has raised to the highest levels for years. Therefore, while the best educated and trained side of the Spanish society look forward to become part of an inefficient, but stable and well paid, public sector the country’s unemployment and lack of enterprisingness keeps reaching an unpredicted peak. Italy, a country with a similar public service system as the Spanish one, has recently agreed to dramatically change their administration system seeking a model for modernization and better performance, recognizing this was a problem not allowing recovery from recession in that country neither. The only solution Spain has to recuperate from recession’s effects and to stop the increasing unemployment rates is to accomplish this dramatic change, unwanted by many, in order to create a practical and functional public service which encourages private initiative rather than obstruct it. The problem is, will Spanish politicians be brave enough to carry out this necessary change on this old tightly established system? An inefficient public service system is drifting Spain into the worst economical crisis for more than 50 years which, according to experts, can last for several decades.
The Spanish public sector is based on an old and obsolete system based on exams (“oposiciones”) after which civil workers enjoy life-time contracts which foster relaxation and lack of expertise updating. The system creates an unproductive workforce, stuck in routine and destructive stability which leads to apathy, indifference and half-heartedly performance. This situation has driven Spain to have one of the least efficient public service systems in Europe. A system absolutely trapped by bureaucracy. From licensing permits to civil sentences, all kind of public services are delayed for years hampering economical initiatives.
The Spanish youth community, holding one of the largest enrolment rates in higher education in Europe, is suffering the worst face of the crisis. The recession has hit young workers hardest, with the unemployment rate increasing from 17.5 % three years ago to over 40 % by January 2010. In this difficult situation, the number of young people trying to become civil servants has raised to the highest levels for years. Therefore, while the best educated and trained side of the Spanish society look forward to become part of an inefficient, but stable and well paid, public sector the country’s unemployment and lack of enterprisingness keeps reaching an unpredicted peak.
Italy, a country with a similar public service system as the Spanish one, has recently agreed to dramatically change their administration system seeking a model for modernization and better performance, recognizing this was a problem not allowing recovery from recession in that country neither.
The only solution Spain has to recuperate from recession’s effects and to stop the increasing unemployment rates is to accomplish this dramatic change, unwanted by many, in order to create a practical and functional public service which encourages private initiative rather than obstruct it. The problem is, will Spanish politicians be brave enough to carry out this necessary change on this old tightly established system?

]]> By: Francisco http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/spains-unemployment-continues-to-climb-as-the-economy-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-30729 Francisco Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:11:08 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=4939#comment-30729 Spanish Civil Servants. The best way to live unaware of the world’s problems. Spanish civil servants do not have to care about problems we all worry about every day in our lives. They maintain their jobs whether they performance or not. Even if they kill their boss they would never lose their jobs. They enjoy lifetime contracts and once they get a placement, by merits or contacts, they can relax for the rest of their lives, not caring about the problems around the world neither the problems in their own country, such as unemployment , since they will never have to face that situation. Spanish Civil Servants. The best way to live unaware of the world’s problems.

Spanish civil servants do not have to care about problems we all worry about every day in our lives. They maintain their jobs whether they performance or not. Even if they kill their boss they would never lose their jobs. They enjoy lifetime contracts and once they get a placement, by merits or contacts, they can relax for the rest of their lives, not caring about the problems around the world neither the problems in their own country, such as unemployment , since they will never have to face that situation.

]]> By: Silverbids.com » Blog Archive » Brink: A Paycheck Away From Ruin http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/spains-unemployment-continues-to-climb-as-the-economy-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-24501 Silverbids.com » Blog Archive » Brink: A Paycheck Away From Ruin Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:49:28 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=4939#comment-24501 [...] Fistful of Euros blog has a number of interesting graphs to go along with the article Spain’s Unemployment Continues To Climb As The Economy Contracts. Spanish unemployment shot up again in February to 3.48 million in February, whilst consumer [...] [...] Fistful of Euros blog has a number of interesting graphs to go along with the article Spain’s Unemployment Continues To Climb As The Economy Contracts. Spanish unemployment shot up again in February to 3.48 million in February, whilst consumer [...]

]]> By: Financial Meltdown » A Paycheck Away From Ruin http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/spains-unemployment-continues-to-climb-as-the-economy-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-24500 Financial Meltdown » A Paycheck Away From Ruin Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:22:29 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=4939#comment-24500 [...] Fistful of Euros blog has a number of interesting graphs to go along with the article Spain’s Unemployment Continues To Climb As The Economy Contracts. Spanish unemployment shot up again in February to 3.48 million in February, whilst consumer [...] [...] Fistful of Euros blog has a number of interesting graphs to go along with the article Spain’s Unemployment Continues To Climb As The Economy Contracts. Spanish unemployment shot up again in February to 3.48 million in February, whilst consumer [...]

]]> By: A Paycheck Away From Ruin | Photomaniacal http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/spains-unemployment-continues-to-climb-as-the-economy-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-24496 A Paycheck Away From Ruin | Photomaniacal Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:35:53 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=4939#comment-24496 [...] Fistful of Euros blog has a number of interesting graphs to go along with the article Spain’s Unemployment Continues To Climb As The Economy Contracts. Spanish unemployment shot up again in February to 3.48 million in February, whilst consumer [...] [...] Fistful of Euros blog has a number of interesting graphs to go along with the article Spain’s Unemployment Continues To Climb As The Economy Contracts. Spanish unemployment shot up again in February to 3.48 million in February, whilst consumer [...]

]]> By: Matthew Yglesias » Things Go From Bad to Worse in Spain http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/spains-unemployment-continues-to-climb-as-the-economy-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-24085 Matthew Yglesias » Things Go From Bad to Worse in Spain Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:27:42 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=4939#comment-24085 [...] I was just over there recently, this post on Spain where the recession is extremely bad due to enormous dependence on tourism and the construction [...] [...] I was just over there recently, this post on Spain where the recession is extremely bad due to enormous dependence on tourism and the construction [...]

]]> By: daniel999 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/spains-unemployment-continues-to-climb-as-the-economy-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-24049 daniel999 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:31:12 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=4939#comment-24049 "This is the highest rate anywhere in the EU, and makes it hard to makes sense of all those rapid response comments which shot from the hip against Central Bank Governor Fernandez Ordoñez’s suggestion that Spain needs urgent labour market reform. Frankly such an Ostrich mentality makes Spain look simply ridiculous, and will make it very hard to ask for the much needed aid in fighting the crisis from the rest of the European Union." The urgent labour market reform they are asking for is free dismissal. We already got that, with a lot of precarious and temporary employments. Thats the reason nowadays unemployment rates are rising so fast in Spain. If you talk about productivity or new technologies investment, but you just repeat the same free market theory got us into this crisis. “This is the highest rate anywhere in the EU, and makes it hard to makes sense of all those rapid response comments which shot from the hip against Central Bank Governor Fernandez Ordoñez’s suggestion that Spain needs urgent labour market reform. Frankly such an Ostrich mentality makes Spain look simply ridiculous, and will make it very hard to ask for the much needed aid in fighting the crisis from the rest of the European Union.”

The urgent labour market reform they are asking for is free dismissal. We already got that, with a lot of precarious and temporary employments. Thats the reason nowadays unemployment rates are rising so fast in Spain.
If you talk about productivity or new technologies investment, but you just repeat the same free market theory got us into this crisis.

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