Short-term approach by British business holds back investment

Article Abstract:

It is very difficult to find a single reason why investment in the UK and the US is lower than in continental Europe or Japan. In the UK, there is evidence that investment is being restricted because many companies are uncertain about the business environment. Uncertainty is worse in the UK than in other countries because it is not yet clear whether the UK will join the European single currency, or possibly even leave the European Union altogether. Against this background, it is not really possible to recommend public policies to deal with the investment problem.

Investments, Corporations

---

Slowly but surely, the crisis in state pensions is coming

Article Abstract:

Politicians in many industrialised countries are now beginning to accept that changes in pension provision will have to be made soon if serious fiscal difficulties are to be avoided. Pension problems have been caused by the rise in the number of pensioners, combined with pay-as-you-go state pension schemes. It is now clear that such schemes can no longer be sustained, and they are now gradually being abandoned. This move will have serious macroeconomic implications.

Management, Pensions

---

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: The sacred sites of Britain. Secrets of a holiday on ice. How to halt the global money-go-round?
• Abstracts: Modern problem that is not to be sneezed at. 48 hours in ... Istanbul. In Madrid on Saturday afternoon the streets are deserted; ten hours later you can hardly move
• Abstracts: Direct marketing gets back in business. The writing's on the wall. Polyphonic perversity: the facts
• Abstracts: The language barrier. Too much pressure, much too young. Happy families are better than nannies
• Abstracts: US poised to deflect criticism of Israel. Sex, death and a Governor's secretary. Affluent Atlantic jewel jibs at the cost of independence

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.