In the post-war period, spending on social security, health and education has grown continuously in the leading industrialized countries. The considerable size of this spending as a percentage of GDP together with the ageing population raise doubts on the sustainability of welfare spending. These doubts have been accompanied in recent years by an increasing awareness of the allocational inefficiencies and the distributive inequalities caused by the provision of some social services. The welfare state should therefore be reconstructed not only through readjustment of the social security system...
In the post-war period, spending on social security, health and education has grown continuously in the leading industrialized countries. The consider...
A crucial issue in the era of globalisation and internationalization, is whether the relationship between investment and finance is beneficial to growth and development. Received wisdom is that Research and Development is essential not only for maintaining productivity, but also for competing in the marketplace. Similar questions have been raised about education and its rate of 'social return; is education necessary for improving the skill of the workforce, or does it serve primarily to facilitate the adoption of these new technologies? This book brings together a case of leading...
A crucial issue in the era of globalisation and internationalization, is whether the relationship between investment and finance is beneficial to grow...
For the past twenty-two years Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar and the related publications, has provided an exceptional opportunity to meet and discuss the most current topics on economic research. The quality of scientific contributors and ensuing debates has been exceptional due to the participation of such outstanding scholars. This volume collects a selection of contributions to the XXII Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar on: "Recovery after the Crisis: Perspectives and Policies". Contributors: Bourles Renaud, Cette Gilbert, Chiodini Filippo,...
For the past twenty-two years Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar and the related publications, has provided an exceptional opportunity...
This volume presents a selection of contributions to the XXIV Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar on "Public debt, global governance and economic dynamism." For the past 23 years, the Seminar has provided an ideal opportunity to meet and discuss the most topical issues in economic research. The quality of the scientific contributions and ensuing debates has consistently been outstanding owing to the participation of leading experts, and the most recent Seminar was no exception.
The Seminar was held against the backdrop of high levels of public debt, especially in Europe,...
This volume presents a selection of contributions to the XXIV Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar on "Public debt, global governance an...
In this book, leading experts take a long-term view of the trends and policies of most relevance in achieving the structural readjustment required by the current crisis, which for too long has been viewed merely as an economic recession. A wide variety of issues are addressed, including the implications of the massive movement of wealth from advanced countries to emerging ones and the increasing income inequality evident within many countries. Prospects for growth toward the mid-century and beyond are discussed, with consideration of lessons from the past and the impact of various...
In this book, leading experts take a long-term view of the trends and policies of most relevance in achieving the structural readjustment required ...
This book explores the reasons behind Europe s poor performance in terms of overall growth and its progressively diminishing role in the global context. Recognizing that the big challenge is to restore confidence and hope in Europe, potential solutions are discussed. The volume comprises a selection of contributions to the XXVI Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar (Rome, 2014), the most recent of a series of seminars that have provided outstanding scholars with an opportunity to discuss key topics in economic research. In recent years the persistence of high unemployment and low...
This book explores the reasons behind Europe s poor performance in terms of overall growth and its progressively diminishing role in the global contex...
This book explores the debate on the policies required to overcome the crises of 2008 and 2011, in which the focus on short-term measures has overshadowed the need to analyze the low growth rate in the European Union, and especially the Eurozone, as the basis for interventions that will counteract the tendency toward stagnation. Factors that lie at the root of the low growth are examined in depth, covering, for example, the impact of the demographic trend toward an aging population in Europe, consequences of inequality for growth, challenges posed by technological change, competition from...
This book explores the debate on the policies required to overcome the crises of 2008 and 2011, in which the focus on short-term measures has overshad...
This volume presents a selection of contributions to the XXIV Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar on "Public debt, global governance and economic dynamism". The Seminar was held against the backdrop of high levels of public debt, especially in Europe, combined with very low growth in productivity.
This volume presents a selection of contributions to the XXIV Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar on "Public debt, global governance and e...
Mario, Ed Baldassarri Luigi Paganetto Edmund S., Professor Phelps
The subject of this book is the kind of economic interaction and interdependence that has arisen among nations in the contemporary world economy, the nature and significance of the pattern of trade balances that have resulted from them, and the question of what, if anything, should be done by national governments about that pattern. The need for international coordination of economic policies is also investigated.
The subject of this book is the kind of economic interaction and interdependence that has arisen among nations in the contemporary world economy, the ...
