Includes index.
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.
The future of Europe : reform or decline by Alberto Alesina. ISBN 9780262012324. Published by MIT in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.