Many intellectuals in the United States and Eastern Europe believe that West European social welfare policies should be a blueprint for action in their own countries. But those policies are financed by high taxes and costly mandates on business that are mainly responsible for the enormous increase in European unemployment during the past decade and a half.
CHICAGO: Many intellectuals in the United States and Eastern Europe believe that West European social welfare policies should be a blueprint for action in their own countries. But those policies are financed by high taxes and costly mandates on business that are mainly responsible for the enormous increase in European unemployment during the past decade and a half. This "European disease" cannot be cured until members of the European Union recognize it as potentially fatal.
CHICAGO: Many intellectuals in the United States and Eastern Europe believe that West European social welfare policies should be a blueprint for action in their own countries. But those policies are financed by high taxes and costly mandates on business that are mainly responsible for the enormous increase in European unemployment during the past decade and a half. This "European disease" cannot be cured until members of the European Union recognize it as potentially fatal.