How Do You Say "Unintended Consequences" In French?

by Joe Pulcinella

But with unemployment at 10 percent, politicians of all stripes acknowledge that the country's unique 35-hour law has failed in its original ambition: to force employers to hire massively. What's more, there are strong signs that it hurt living standards as employers froze salaries to make up for lost labor.

Must I say "duh" yet again? And to think that we borrowed the word "entrepreneur" from the French!