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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...
... no competition is a main feature of a centrally planned economy. Freedom or control - the history ... countries are 4,7 and 5,5 per cent (WORLD BANK 2006). The projections point to a global growth le...
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...In January 2011, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced that it had lost 21 billion francs... 2010, it seemed hard to grasp that the central bank had performed so badly. But was the compariso... ongoing difficulties in some southern European countries, Germany shows positive growth; the same...
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...viation) et les emblèmes de la «Banque centrale européenne», qui figurent ci-après, sont proté... en anglais: EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK . b. le sigle (abréviation) en allem...
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... economic activity, the Swiss National Bank joined forces with leading central banks from arou...The SNB acted in coordination with the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, the Bank of Can...
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... in Französisch: BANQUE CENTRALE EUROPÉENNE in Italienisch: BANCA CENTRALE EUROPEEA. in Englisch: EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK . b. das Sigel. in Deutsch: EZB in F...
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... American housing market exposed huge banking deficits. . In December leading banks attempted too revive the markets. The European Central Bank loaned 350 billion Euros to banks at ...
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... a key role in assisting a number of Iranian banks with alternative options for completing transactio..., upon receiving a licence from Iran's Central bank. Ansar Bank, formerly known as Ansar al Mojah... sanctioned by the United States, the European Union or or . Provvedimenti nei confronti della Re...
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.... La SWIFT assume un'importanza centrale nelle operazioni internazionali di gran parte degl... . 1 Cfr. Eric Lichtblau e James Risen, Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror, ... 6 Cfr. European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) opinion on the r...
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..., la sigla e gli emblemi della «Banca centrale europea», pubblicati qui di seguito, sono protett... in inglese: EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK . b. la sigla. in tedesco: EZB in fr...
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... a key role in assisting a number of Iranian banks with alternative options for completing transactio..., upon receiving a licence from Iran's Central bank. Ansar Bank, formerly known as Ansar al Mojah... sanctioned by the United States, the European Union or or . Massnahmen gegenüber der Islamische...