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The future of Europe : reform or decline / Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alesina, Alberto.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Europe, Western--History.
- Europe, Western.
- Europe, Western--Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA ; London : MIT, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A provocative argument that unless Europe takes serious action soon, its economic and political decline is unavoidable, and a clear statement of the steps Europe must take before it's too late.
- Contents:
- Europe and the United States: two different social models.
- Handling a multiethnic society.
- Americans at work, Europeans on holiday.
- Job security, job regulations, and 14 million unemployed.
- Technology, research, and universities.
- Competition, innovation, and the myth of national champions.
- Interest groups against liberalization.
- The judicial system and the cost of doing business.
- Conflicts of interest in financial markets.
- A united Europe?
- The rhetoric of dirigisme and coordination.
- The Euro.
- Budget fixes.
- A wake-up call for Europeans.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-26147-2
- 1-282-09793-8
- 9786612097935
- 0-262-26694-6
- 1-4294-1882-6
- OCLC:
- 77501569
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