The future of Europe : reform or decline /
Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi.
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2006.
- x, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.