Publications

Do Europe’s politicians really understand what voters want from their healthcare systems? And how can they square the circle of rising demand, rising costs and shrinking tax funding?

To find out, the Stockholm Network and Populus commissioned a major study of the attitudes of European publics on the state of their health systems now and what they expect from them in future. Leading experts from across Europe analyse the data, putting it into its national and pan-European context.

Is ‘choice’ really a meaningful concept for patients? Will they pay more for healthcare and, if so, how? What do they think will happen if no reform takes place? If reform occurs, what should it look like and what are their priorities?

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Stockholm Network`s quarterly newsletter examines the special relationship that is forming between the US and the UK. It reviews Impatient for Change - the Stockholm Network`s latest publication looking at attitudes to healthcare in Europe.

Profiles of member think tanks and information about the Stockholm Network is also featured.

In the first of a series from the Stockholm Network, Mauricio Rojas explodes the myth that the growth of a global market economy will exclude most of the world's population from the labour market. He argues that prophecies of millennium doom are unfounded and that, on the eve of a new century, mankind's creative potential is greater than ever before.

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A collection of essays by leading European and US health experts which identifies the trends likely to shape health services in the 21st century.

The influence of European law will soon force other governments and providers to face up to reform. Eckhard Knappe agrees that economic and legal pressures are leading us towards a common European health care market. A respected policy-maker looks beyond Europe to debunk some of the common misconceptions about US health care, while academic Peter Zweifel recommends Switzerland as one of the most competitive markets in health care delivery. Finally, Stephen Pollard warns that the patient as consumer is about to revolutionise the NHS and Oliver Morgan explains the benefits and dangers of making global policy comparisons.

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Since the relaxation of its national borders, migration into and between the countries of the European Union has become far more common and has begun to raise an urgent series of policy dilemmas. How can immigrants be better integrated into society? Is the labour market flexible enough to accommodate all those who want to come here to work? What will be the impact of greater diversity on our national identity? Should we be limiting the influx of newcomers into our countries and, if so, how strict do we need to be?
This collection of essays shows that the process of dealing with increasing migration into Europe and its impact on our welfare states and labour markets is still very much a work in progress. Unless we are sensible about dealing with this issue now, both Europe and those many people who wish to make a new life here will only be the poorer.

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The Istituto Bruno Leoni, our Italian partner, has produced an updated and revised Italian edition of the Stockholm Network's book, Breaking Down the Barriers. No al Protezionismo! looks at the problems of trade barriers across Europe from the Common Agricultural Policy to the problems of parallel trade in pharmaceuticals and the risk that Europe's precautionary attitudes to regulation will stifle innovation. The book includes a new preface by Italy's Defence Minister and leading free market thinker, Antonio Martino.

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Free trade and globalisation are evil and exploitative, cry anti-capitalist protesters all over the world. But is this really true? Is the market to blame? Or should activists really be fighting to eradicate the perverse incentives created by international agreements and European regulations? If we wish to help the poor in the developing world and raise living standards everywhere, should we place our faith in government action or in entrepreneurial activity?
Breaking down the barriers should be read by anyone with a desire to understand globalisation and the challenges it faces in the 21st century.

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It was conceived with the best intentions. Yet the welfare state has gradually become an albatross around the neck of Western governments and their citizens. The safety net, designed as a temporary respite for the sick, elderly and unemployed, has come to be viewed as an ‘entitlement’ rather than as a helping hand in times of trouble. The consequence? Generations of long-term unemployed for whom work no longer seems possible, or even desirable, and European welfare budgets which consume ever greater proportions of national income.
Europe’s welfare burden sets out the case for reform and some possible strategies. It shows that there has never been a better time to get Europe working.

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