The European Economy in an American Mirror

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 8
Copyright......Page 9
Contents......Page 10
Contributors......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 15
Introduction......Page 16
Part I: Competitiveness and employment......Page 28
1 Comparing welfare in Europe and the United States......Page 30
2 Technology regimes and productivity growth in Europe and the United States: A comparative and historical perspective......Page 56
3 Longer-term competitiveness of the Wider Europe......Page 77
4 How well do the clothes fit?: Priors and evidence in the debate over flexibility and labour market performance......Page 119
5 Convergence via two-tier reforms and growthless job creation in Europe......Page 132
6 Employment and labour productivity in the EU: Reconsidering a potential trade-off in the Lisbon strategy......Page 143
7 Migration, labour markets, and integration of migrants: An overview for Europe with a comparison to the US......Page 158
8 International migrations: Some comparisons and lessons for the European Union......Page 197
9 American fiscal policy in the postwar era: An interpretive history......Page 229
10 Fiscal policy in Europe: The past and future of EMU rules from the perspective of Musgrave and Buchanan......Page 248
Part II: Governance and social policy......Page 274
11 Economic institutions and policies in the US and the EU: Convergence or divergence?......Page 276
12 Between neo-liberalism and no liberalism: Progressive approaches to economic liberalization in Western Europe......Page 307
13 Is there a European welfare model distinct from the US model?......Page 342
14 The Welfare State and Euro-growth......Page 374
15 The policy of insolvency EU–US......Page 395
16 Phases of competition policy in Europe......Page 419
17 European Union expansion: A constitutional perspective......Page 440
18 Europe’s constitutional imbroglio......Page 460
19 From accidental disagreement to structural antagonism: The US and Europe......Page 473
Index......Page 515