The Comparative Torpor Of The Latin Races
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Posted Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at 11:04 AM
It didn't work in the lede of the piece, but I wanted to take the time on the blog to give a tip of the cap to Scott Sumner who unearthed the Bagehot quote on the "comparative torpor of the Latin races" that I used in my column on the myth of the hardworking German and lazy Italian.
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