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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.