What's French for crazy?

For the past 20 years, unemployment in France has averaged between 8.5 percent and 12.5 percent. For individuals age 26 and under, it’s hit as high as 40 percent. Unemployment for immigrants in outlying Paris suburbs? We won’t even go there. The Socialist Party in power decided the solution to high unemployment was to limit (by law) to 35 the number of hours any one individual could work in a week. Thereby, the reasoning goes, they’ll be more jobs for more people. That was their solution; to restrict production in the hope that somehow their economy would rebound. It didn’t, and they eventually abandoned the plan. Nonetheless, powerful public unions ensure almost the entire country has the month of August off.

This is who Geithner is looking to for advice on stimulus and unemployment. How are we all feeling right about now?