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The current economic upswing in Switzerland is also having a positive effect on the unemployment rate. The number of unemployed in Switzerland dropped...
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.... Finland, whose school system is rated the best in the world, has a youth unemployment ra...
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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...
... nationalism and trade protection, exchange rates managed by politicians, and a macroeconomic policy... of economic freedom also have lower unemployment. A core feature of the concept of economic freedom...
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... the monetary sluices and steering exchange rates. In many countries, vast stimulus packages were ad... full employment (considered to be an unemployment rate of up to two per cent), existing prior to the...
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...At 4.5 per cent, the unemployment rate is much lower than everywhere else I know. Em...
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Switzerland faces a 3.3 per cent unemployment rate this year, and a 4.3 per cent rate in 2010, a...
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... is expecting a negative growth rate in the first two quarters, and largely attributes ... also predicts the annual average unemployment rate will rise to 3.2 per cent from 2008's 2.5 per...
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... gave a nod to the revision of the unemployment insurance law (UIL), but the people are still shak... of the crisis and sinking the unemployment rate. However, Swiss Minister of Economic Affairs Pasca...
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... the last two years, the Swiss unemployment rate has fallen slightly in February by 0.1 per cent to...
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... and the National Banks to keep exchange rates stable between the Swiss currency and the Euro, If.... Unemployment Set to Rise . Most economic pundits are certain th...