Buddy, it is funny that you were reading this article yesterday night, I was myself reading something about the same subject too, (can’t find the article back at the moment) it was about how our two different structures of society and economy are rooted in our very civilisational languages, the Anglo-Saxon’s and German’s vs the Roman’s (such as French, Italian, Spanish Portugese) that have been always in opposition, Latins are more inclined to generate ideals and concepts than caring of domestic policies like the Anglo-Saxons and the Germans, this is why our economies are less competitive too. Though actually the Anglo-Saxon conception of economy is in a deep crisis, it has no more certitudes in the confrontation with the emergeant economies like China and India, of which definition of economies is also different and also related to their civilisational roots.

I must find back the article, very lightening !