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Tuesday, November 8, 2005

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PARIS BURNING Why Immigrants Don't Riot Here................................... France's rigid economic system sustains privilege and inspires resentment. BY JOEL KOTKIN Tuesday, November 8, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST The French political response to the continuing riots has focused most on the need for more multicultural "understanding" of, and public spending on, the disenchanted mass in the country's grim banlieues (suburbs). What has been largely ignored has been the role of France's economic... Sign in to see full entry.

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