The Vanishing Point

Feminomics

Posted in Economics, Egalitarianism, Feminism, Unions by Martin Rannje on March 12th, 2008

Ostensibly another term to add to all the other “-nomics” out there. The Danish extreme left-wing newsportal Modkraft.dk has a story that is quite symptomatic for the debate on gender-equality, that has gained momentum with the advent of the annual International Women’s Day. True, this actually started when some clumsy guy of the government told us that we had enough money to buy the entire world (or, not exactly that, but that was how it was perceived). Catching the scent of blood, the unions representing public sector employees have been busy craving for more money for their members ever since - arguably to cover an alleged shortfall between the public and private sector. Here’s the latest argument from the FOA to enter the debate: “Men get 20 percent more“. (more…)