Chasing cheap labor
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Economic and monetary union and increased labor mobility in the Single European Market will decrease the wage gap between Germany and Portugal. Douglas McWilliams believes language barriers will keep low wage economies down, but non-labor costs will rise quicker than he thinks.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Malaise over Maastricht: business and Europe
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European business people such as France's Jacques Calvert have become politically active concerning the proposed Maastricht treaty on economic integration for the European Community. Specific treaty proposals and reactions from business are detailed.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Wheezing
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The economy of the euro-area as a whole is probably contracting, and even in early 2002 only slow growth may be expected, if at all. Euro-area economies have been hit by the US recession, and confidence has fallen.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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