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There is something rotten in the welfare state of Europe by Martin Wolf
Date: 01 March 2006
The time has come for Europeans to ask themselves the unthinkable: can their vaunted social model endure? It is a question I have wished to avoid. But it is irresponsible to persist in doing so. Something is rotten in the state of western Europe. The continent retains valuable assets from the past. But these are showing symptoms of decay. The underlying cause seems increasingly evident: the hypertrophy of the state.
 The Business
Six economists and $513,000 could change the way the world thinks about flat tax
Date: 19 February 2006
EVERY so often, the world has a Sir Isaac Newton moment: an apple falls from a tree, bounces off somebody’s head and our understanding of the universe changes for ever. There have been many similar moments of enlightenment in the hard sciences since Newton expounded on the laws of gravity in his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, one of the most brilliant books ever written.
Financial Times
Stance on steel was out of date in 1951
Date: 08 February 2006
The EU ought to be promoting further global integration of these markets, not advocating a protectionist stance that would have been outdated in 1951, let alone 2006.
FDI - Financial Times
The Great Innovation Race
Date: 06 February 2006
Despite bold promises, the EU’s drive to become the world’s most competitive knowledge economy by 2010 has failed to gain any real momentum. Not only has Europe failed to close the gap with the US, it may soon be surpassed by Asia.
Intellectual Property Watch
Industry Readies for Round Two of EU Patent Directive
Date: 19 January 2006
At a conference in Prague to discuss negotiations on a pan-European Patent Directive, Meir Pugatch of the University of Haifa (Israel) galvanised the industry representatives.
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