Another agreeable waste of taxpayers' money

Craig Barrett, chairman of the world’s largest microchip maker Intel, gave a keynote speech at the Regions and Cities conference held at the palace of lesser vanities, the Committee of the Regions. The funny thing is, though I spent an afternoon there, I cannot find a single interesting thing about the event. It was all about competitiveness. This is a place where assorted worthy supporters of the social model usually discuss the merits of the 35 hour week. This, be it noted, when Asia works 35 hour days.