1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777798003321

Autore

Alesina Alberto

Titolo

The future of Europe : reform or decline / / Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006

ISBN

0-262-26147-2

1-282-09793-8

9786612097935

0-262-26694-6

1-4294-1882-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GiavazziFrancesco

Disciplina

338.94

Soggetti

Europe, Western Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689771003321

Titolo

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program : hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, to receive testimony on the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, March 30, 2004

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 90 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Energy industries - Employees - Medical care - United States

Workers' compensation claims - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia