Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, managed to erase "free and undistorted competition" from the proposed new EU Treaty as a main aim of the European Union. Afterwards, he asked rhetorically what competition has done for Europe. This article is an attempt to reply to that very important question. The view of competition and its effects among decision-makers is likely to affect numerous policy outcomes. Throughout history, there has been a struggle between freedom and control in Europe. Competition is the result of economic freedom and the absence of interventions in the economy by the state. And it has done very much indeed for Europe. It may be the single most important reason why the average income in Western Europe is 14 times higher today than in 1820. If anything, Europe needs mo...
...When the Berlin Wall came down and the Iron Curtain was lifted in ...
... this collector's desk sat a piece of the Berlin Wall. Arpa had his angle. He would "put a trophy o...
... years that followed the demolition of the Berlin wall, few would have bet a single Rouble on the fu...
... a shift in the role of science since the Berlin wall came down in 1989. Science, and physics in pa...
Ole Bull, the great virtuoso violinist, known as the "Paganini of the North," had just established the first Norwegian theater in Bergen, and, seeing what a promising young man [Henrik Ibsen] was, engaged him as a "scene instructor," with the condition that he write one play every year. The engagement lasted six years - crucial years in Ibsen's life, during which he learned about the theater from the ground up and was given opportunities to travel to Denmark and Germany to study stagecraft. Ibsen's last residence is now a museum, offering special tours of the inner sanctum of his and [Suzannah]'s home. Visiting, I was struck by its rich, plush, Victorian-style furniture. Their home, according to the guide, had also been a wonder in terms of modern conveniences, ahead of the Royal Palace...
...Covering an entire wall, it depicts the turn-of-the-century cultural elite... Munch was invited to exhibit his work in Berlin. Apparently, Germany was not quite ready for him. ...
...; small water currents are dripping through a wall. Long corridors lead to the four points where the ... part of the Swiss mystique Until the Berlin Wall crumbled. . However, since 1992 the Swiss arm...
This paper looks upon the developments of Free Trade Agreements in relation to security aspects in the Middle East, with a special concern of the Jordanian situation. The author analyses the trade relations between Jordan and the EU as well as the US and compares these relations to the ones of other countries in the region with the two major western trading blocs. After a description of the historical development of these relations, the author provides a picture of the current situation and brings forward an outlook of the possible developments including problems that might occur.
...Launched after the fall of the Berlin wall, when Europe started worrying about an emergi...
... fathom the extent to which the fall of the Berlin Wall would change the world. Apart from a few exce...
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