Comparative Economic System PDF
Comparative Economic System PDF
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The planning ministry was the old system ofa commissarit reporting directly to the prime ts significant that the planning proces is now being coordinated with Furo- pean objectives. In the production of the Tenth Plan, coer was extended eaders in the other members of the European Union (EU), a8 "young people” (aged 18-25) within France. ‘and change, important in initiating debate and inthe development of consensus. The current commissioner fr planing. Jean-Michel Charpn,recenty redefined the role of panning in Fr ‘The goverment dems it cesar to have angen i developmen: tallow beter coheren of cn ete one! Jospin, the prime minster recalled thatthe CGP had a special function in government decisions tis, he wrote in his mission letter tegic and forward-looking analysis a privileged isterial cooperation, and the evaluation of public within three aspects 1, The development ofthe French economy in the contest of globalization and European integration nung and ald ofthe insttutions of government, including regulation of industry and the environment WAS FRENCH INDICATIVE PLANNING SUCCESSFUL? 0 after the inception of slorious years the French fondly remember them) to the planning eto te the performance ofthe "French miracle” from the miracles ‘the Netherlands where planning was much les a part of the Coser Pl, Lo. 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The wilngnes ofthe sate ote on en pe ated the dependence ofthe private sector. These became co Inaaiiton the average French ats in fewer hours of wark over a fee than anywhere else inthe isis shown in Table 63, ikely tobe exacerbated inthe ness future by two developments. 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Sreculyremuncrteg employment ae thn imply cshorservces | te of social protection that ly ined wth progresie income uso aceve a igh dere a alevaton and equlizaton of incomes” sweden entero ee reputation for being something of nce funds are government financed Sweden sickness, injury, mate slobal andar, presented, and publicly accountable i independent beards of qui Sweden is perhaps acess is subject to strong means esting requiring recipients to sel Housing beneisaremeans tested to, depending on the numberof ele, < fr equalitariai ing the operation ofthe labor market, reducing saving, and lading to high ates of itt. The replac 5s 8 per (as elsewhere in the social insurance syste) forthe st 12 months, Day eae foe “Attlee repre vee Tg ae td st Sane ely pos ence rt eenmet aman 'ORCD Exam Sa Sd, 996‘Gordes Sno a8 Jo souRURGOP 24 5 pose: has speodioo a ‘uy a8 Sg pteuuzp Caspr sip swung ou By wens eau) paurauR wo xe Jo ser do oy tuo ansuaaiduoo e rage w0zq uote ibosvo9 aye sypuag usnoy pure py) poptaoud esau’ sm $inind seeps ys 205 ian ayy Uae RODE evsned uo Wuapudsp pur ys nojaq sad ye papraod sf UA:PRID e205 409 sey “so nd on yo your yn aes sspeuodion Sy es spony oud Sunyew-uorsinop ayy ular a¥0;za59 518 SDeIoUNap fee Wsilvuoauo> os 9 pay osama or senso ous ob e992 * eet pain zm wou vag eaongounmaneset man son EY a Lo on SoD eR ga (TEER Raton vwstava 40 avon‘THE SYSTEM OF LABOR RELATIONS: fessional Associations (TCO). The SAF now re {2,00 firms of al sizes ineuding Gas ear ee ee Nunsen oF convanies arone EUNOPE'E 500 LANCE COMPANIES heer ptvar sym uni te ed ofthe 18 oegatatonshelween he SAF an the LO prove the newark for ch tage costs Bo sue sa bend inthis. Te employers viewed the species cress in abr cna lowe prosper e suke amor Comouies x Seaggensing he nor pred E an ster tarde ovr poli gal a m 3 suse ater) Negotton condita he naa lee hana lng interests in many ofthe big companies Firms interest make up about 40 percent ofthe Stockholm stock market ‘nna power i Further exacerbated by the f ed ness. Sweden, a small and relatively open econ ports oughly one-quarter aa ce internat tected") etr nich prices might bo ndoerensy ‘THE Basic SysTEM ne ofthe most distinctive features of the Swedish economy wish to focus on here, isthe system vba ‘Ths implies that, WeR+Q-L where W isthe rate of change of wages; Pis the and Lis the chang fore the change in product ation (the SA toven of Salsa stone of the syste. the ate of wage increase across industry and pl tral action by the unions nas we have noted, Sweden i now one of the mast heavily unionized societies in the world Some 85 percent of workers ate members of some union’ The LO represents ony blue collar workers and now has about 22 milion members ‘workers, which have been growing a a percent of the workforces ted by their own confederation, the largest of which isthe Swedish bargaining to determi ison the nature of indus rs tlnce of payments rtcns, depen of ecard inan open nomy he Seder. As artnet ample i he ae pris for Swedish expr oe expe acy Per "ned Naas Deven Programa Maer Dele Rr, 195.2‘peg Sted warranted umiiman ag out] suo sto lp p> mete SS se | 2430 fuse ay pan Ae enbo ymbo 0 su} ur puowasgead apy, aon enbo yyy asus oj diay | | SANAWaauOY TWNOLLYN 40 NMoaNvaNE 3HL | sioqseu oda UPR O}Og O1HS AVS. 348 PoE OT 3 snd ny ons noun Seu aus ur og sear Be vo Nouaee umn noes sa 8a usa pasar “up po ONL monks jg woygoad sous paxpoay “pads you ojo an pomapres Sen Doe ox ara wa wou paves 9 or pet styso%4 sp UAUALIINOR pul Se paonpanUT aD SING a {aso poole oy) anoge aes ey pase ag ou wauborerevoue ayy kq pauszap 86 961 pu ywoored 9 0} woes pay 496A WdEAd ge se 20] ap Pure sayy put satan e948 Ua iad pnbo oy paunuoo 21am Suonn 49 ew zooue nd ON é os ‘poate oj salem ep Buiiopm a ase aes em og & & scans rokrnjo au anno nor UDR ape PBS PPO TL oe sr o ee ve sat gma ea cayopment of wage differentials, the goverment had schemes to solve the problem. been wo important diferences 1. Union workers rather than society asa whole, would have been the owners of capital 2. Control ofthe firm would have passed to industry-wide unions, rather than to the workers in the specific enterprise. The Sesh paranent edt racing he Me an to aw deve fn Sweden have a much ing work than nother counties a powerful point labor market policies. ‘lopment in the labor market in recent years all rms that employed more than $00 workers should hand over 20 percent of ‘The unemployment ate has fallen fom is highs in 1986, nevertheless 138 percentcw ay uns end un np pu say 2°73 = na onda aL 9 "sy nt nT ma aA a wen BaF PO, ‘Srp amon wap o souonsngip og oui peur ajo vos pa on wos opoqpur et pagpUT] sy or Pur Epa 8 90 ses yy au uRUDO Od yas [EDO Usp a jo aye ean AR ey uausaesunos asp suoneroSou sogey[euEeU 7 amar a4 23na7E4NA ‘was Squeingpreenu a woy creep 210 pan st nod sge J saxpeag onbay a" 39 pang 6004 Aue aps worun aq wos; westuml popsen spans sea NU ra gs spans ep zt 19H UL "UO HPI UD pes pasts ney, ‘eq ils seo euenpin pu soso spans ao URED panos Kae uremia" spunn auoape a ang si joss ood oe ae saya “oj Sunsari ag fom ops yang ad esd ge ed a0 ye adoy ag sana qo uD agate 9 Faw see Ress ‘cons p20 us. we) agg Em UNE eos, aus 290} 0s uowor8e 309 12490 soqued yiog caoy 0 poulsuoo Apuouewed 520 pao} eq INE 24 1 uo‘ onsonb ay Sinsezeq em Jo ways4s reuogey a amopEAIG pasne> Arysnpur payuouo-nodka jo spa ap pue oe ge Aaos uy SymboJ0} Damp ag usaouag oxpun> 2g, yoous Ho youe> ayseusoge| ayy SyEGOU sax aeano>u9 0) sae evaiagp oxy wo poor agepne ese papsedal + uate ue Suauiry ur SaBe4 0 9 o> ep suayqoud xp jo Sada ng. sauypsSunaes22 gol jos ‘nog spioM aanonpond ox ast vans foun mary D302 NTN 0 HR RUIN PS HE ANOS ot ez we et sieuea sou psa re ve n + ‘nda otere= a so : i a ts tas yn ade panes dese a er ” fd matas nosed a . = ‘epancopie pon #9 oe 18 os ‘sun sry mary one Sacy sonata a veer erKEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS hours vear compared in part de to increased outs” High tx rates have forced activity into the black found that between 12 and 25 percent of income in Sweden ‘An OECD report a decade later addressed the iss of incentive and eame tothe following conclusion {reese in apne ene ftom moving Eakin work sti labor matt labor exchanges corporat Meidner pli EFO model protected sector exposed sector OECD Fema Saye Sad, 8,8 Sallsjobaden agreement wage camer funds 7 3 democracy wage solidarity wage dit QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION 1. Why is the concept of wage solidarity central to Swedish society? 2. Why des natenpt limite datbutn of wages sen the eflctive ness of the labor market? 3. Why isan active labor market policy a possible remedy forthe absence of RESOURCES a ep soe Insets pam Swedish Employment Service Investor AB np wwwneston se /lang ‘Swedish Confederation of Professional The Swedish Trade Union Confederation, LO Swedish Government Offices ations... mp /rew teoeinde np ose ht ww egeringense/inrgish/ Books AND ARTicLes“unig eyszey ag u ajedtvared oy payaut sem 2049 athos ay adam sevasod so vostap a wr das dnayueg soe soda Cue oy pu Soyuod x9 uaa. -ae SBious pue poses aso Suara ee 9 J94e aaa Sopexop aaa au es pe ‘sd 800085 ¥ 124 “ed pur usouens voy pu ada “ost iy san wean NoINA Nvadoung aii o4 suosunoaud oc mae ns mi as ama Pn — Ss re soumery ay pans se NOINn NV3douna ai dO ANOISIN SHI ‘pa Seiad) po ooo OPO), NBM 1 HOO BUOY RE ‘et ‘say Asan pion 279) wan ypN M vag NS ApS UN BLINK NOINN Nvadoung aH 40 SNOILOLILSN] GNY AYOLSIH aHL i. ur wo ome pur sous 0, suond, wa SIN puR apINS ing ‘sping amy "uosey joi "os ao MPU A FAY EMPTY1907 ws ofa rope devastated by wae 1948 Benelux Treaty cating 1967 i wn ww Santen tod Eero CConpetin ofthe cs Denmark, end and and pain Dare Even 1986 Poxtagal and Spain join the European Commanity 1987 Signing ofthe ety and ery it force of he Single European Act 1999 Signing ofthe Socal 190 92 198 193 the European Union 1995 Aosta, land, and Sree in he Euro. 199 i because i was conditioned on extensive ing fof Eaetem Europe helped draw te “ron cura rope unt 1989 1985, conferenceat which ll the major w ro European nati resented was convened at The Hague. Originally called the Congress of Europe, this body became known as the Council of Europe and made its permanent home in Stasbourg in eastern France. I became a useful forum in which to debate and define the competing models of European integrtion, An important issue was Britain’ role. Britain had emerged fom he war with great deal of ty and might have taken the leadership role on European unity ha Zuropean integration through intergovernmentalcogperation rahe ranational organization. In retrospect we can see that the rit fer clear path toward the federal solution pre ferred by the other west Europeans. ‘Thereal precursor of thecontemporary European Union (EU) was the European Coal and Steel Community ECSC), rst suggested by Jean Monnet and later ad- ‘vanced by another Frenchman, Robert Schumann. It vas originally proposed to ‘combat the lear thatthe revival ofthe German economy might cause German mil- nwestem Europe, compen el of he valu poking ata mache tried to move toward political unity ing. a European Defense Commi the draft of a treaty creating 3 Eu- rove tougher than harmonizing economic arrangements. THE TREATY OF ROME The failure ofthe EDC and EPC initiatives set b uropearists shifted ‘culminated inthe Treaty of Rome. This established an Economic Community (the EEC often called the Eu ropean Common Market} and Euratom, the European Atomic Energy Commiiy “Together with the ECSC these bodies constituted the European Camnmites (EC) ‘The most impertant move was the establishment ofthe EEC. The suc ECSC demonstrated that the market and therefore a pact on efciency and dy Seorraeee]anoxd peang wo mpi pos age HME OU nh as 29 900 ‘souseran 201 way meso ee Sp Por mS, food yons uoueradoo> paseaout 2 “anap Ajuanbayy vos esau sayy pue SE SZeg-IHOR ay, wt SpsOP pawezado “oooynes ap SoeUD apts puny pee oneUepY Pra i se pateupsno>0 poundo a9 pon sun453 949° padsoud ayy nage wsaoUOD eo 279 32H PRO "224 0 Aaryuas@ jo aenb ago aE, nreoq se 6561 3g paisa amen ap ay pur 0297 0 paanpassanssarZoud 290} aM SI URIS) UR sug sy Suumg oun SST e Ys 04 ous yuan! bye auaoy jo tea xa 4g pou gas IS 0 AnMaA0 94, XIg 40 ALINANWOD aM ‘qua suap oj on young ay pasn oy ‘anes ap sop ean asa suoneofou nq dusioquius ueadms ey pas 961 Suunouue “3 ag uo oN sj poeudaas Aa} WIE yum year uowuno> eo uauysrges? ap pu uogunsuojsn # jo worn xy sees pron dag uy" ueU wOW j oo eo aU 349 Se puysou}UNED saga a SHIR Aq ALUN Uuonanpoud jo suo} yo susuawou 2 ayy oy wuoutatw0D mean 020 sammy oun sanyo es yaqreur vou ¥ soyunco (enon pa “te Sng urea 0 an 9 2: no iL bs wnodo™ on nh Pot ot 20 juno ua9wjaq spoo8 yo uaLDAOW Ap SAO Rae 9peN ap oa sarap wana ae au ‘edn fens 94 “dsiaquu 3 ansind oF ladon oy ozs. Se sme anoge oy oes py eA aaoy 7 au a BONS a ayo sie sua [eg ut aaanooun 9 uy |membership would pt these countries, lof them recently under fascist regimes, ‘on the road to moderate politics. EC-1992: COMPLETING THE INTERNAL MARKET Esperia shown that decpeig the polit inks of he BC masa ist operation, bcause it involved the sacrifice of domestic sovereign liz: Ig the interna econo side effects by fostering increased comy grasping of economies of scale “The European Commision oficial marized in Table 81. The elimination of border controls wa y increase in gross domestic product (GDP) of 04 percent, cut eon the creation ofan ad ing economies of scale constrained by national 1 percent, cut consumer prices these medium-term consequences second-onde sults fa virtuous ele af eral mart was Enshe were comple sata rales many ately designed for ‘Consumer protection, had tobe dealt with Although public procurement was, it 0 re 0 sco 0 a3 oe : SURE Cot Report 1985, 8 Uheory, liberalized strong indications of national i sil persist Integrating labor markets hs also proved tobe dificult bt passport are no longer required within ofthe size and depth of the and several EFTA members actualy applied for fll membership. In| and the EC combined to esta 's hard to gage the success ofthe internal market project. It has file fo de= liver the promised ecosomic gains, and EU gh head of state or government at the meeting of the European «lin Strasbourg in December 1989, I et out broad principles shared by the here wre ember st ht tne a he Unie King “ep a”reed a up saz ened pu onsouns Rog u eBuaReYD MOU PDE] 3 by eds Sous ap Sumario ts 2ot-ba Jo so NTA! A BOO (oy 1 nase a pe oe ons ‘gov pmo mouse Sn ny a nyse Aavaua LHOIMISYYW HL ‘Gyno soquia wo won2e agoads {ve asodi jou saop yng wuauuizoo xvas Jo yuan © np a ou pry aggre wag aot SUL Saumeieg sno u aBeRia on uy soqUzENS ue SUN Re] von oj se any iavdey> e205 301 Psst ‘ssussng J ssn} 90} para ‘3 peU0 a A aN SSONDE He] 30g RITES see D0 | 10 or a z ee re et 50 ‘wan nal i ype Sus 24 souetage ut paved uaag pey wun jiod 4250)>Ja%9 ue premo)saisos4 2pGunga, Polit sons te Cash Repl sion’ report, “came closest to satisfying secure democratic government, © to take on the obligations of EU compared toCreee's $8210 and wiley 3ctral funds However, this group of five nations is certainly beter off than the subsequent _g70up, which the European Commission has decided to groom for membership ‘over the long term (Bulgaria, Latvia, Litwania, Romania, and Slovakia). Their (GDP perhesdislessthan 10 percentaf the EU average, and les than one red in purchasing power sos pec repos Hang sensu ede on agreement reached on how each of the EU's member Stasis tecompy wih he oer ebecves ofr protection Hower is iobeet wpe ign recig scons whith heed he cnn Bid popuaion ‘ern Europe by setting aside total of ECU 45 ‘action by Brussels while France resisted, citing the i matters the principle emerges in other impor al reson tht Turkey eae mnsiderabh nstiuton an outsider a confusing and regulations that are atious Segre, managing a budget and making very mie umber of agreements in al sphere. These powers ace vee bea dragon the budget and. ale inthe east wil draw investment away the high levels of unemployment now en rope. 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Some do- other member counties cut ‘While th static effects of customs union ate important, long-term dyn 3s ae probably more significant in providing a rationale fr the the openness ofthe whole Commu altered in this 0 yer period. Between 1960 to 1967 about 88 percent of the GNP 1960-2867 sana-a004 Cee 523 Ba 330 ‘ofthe 12 mation, then pact ofthe FEC was traded. The comparable figure forthe same group of ountres between 1994 this had risen to 386 percent. The evidence there: fore point to substantial rad creation and trade diversion effects ‘THE EXTERNAL TRADE POLICY OF THE EU DEVELOPED NATIONS the United States directed its energy Md trade predicated on the most principle ofthe General Agreement on Tarifs and Trade (GATT). The creation, ef external tariff (CET) The EU has also sought tex core membership. The fst exersion ws thee the European | ie Area (EEA), Subsequently the central and east European econo mn have been afforded special status though the signing of reements (EAs) committing the parties to mave toward a zero tariff status st period. After US. pressure and i p ‘overs full membership, Turkey has been adi er aspects of he EU. into the customs union wih Trae Wns. Despite overall conformity wit the rules ofthe GATT, the EU has ven that agriculture ay beyond the purview ol the GATT and tonst postures of both Europe and the U cover new European Union rales requiring that exporting countries comply with ‘he EUs food hygiene standards. The BU blocked the import of American chickens and turkeys, and the Clinton ac $200 million worth of meat imports annually. 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The most obvious is the Keele — a urrency union is ring several benefits. The most abvious is Sennen liminationof currency conversion releasing Substantial resource inthe banking ao Mow pwnage Nowe pete secon! Ahoter is from the end of exchange rate uncertainty, which should ene — vate courage trade and allow more efcient allocation of resources within the EU, competitiveness tow becomes hey ome ofa rise in unemployment harmful isthe los ofan exchange ate ‘The degre of factor mobility aso affects the desirability ofa currency union, Highly mobile labor or capital helps adjustment to 2 negative shack by moving {quick from the impacted region toareas where they are the Utd States. The stat of Maine had a high proportion the US. average ‘When cheap shoes from low laborcost countries began to flow into the United States, unemployment mounted in Maine Ifthe statehad had ts own: ‘would have sen a deprecation ofthe “Maine §" and a movement toward restor ing external balance. However, the shock was absorbed by lower real wages in Maine, which prompted an outflow of labor to states where wages were higher, and some investment in new industry in Maine to take advantage ofthe cheap countries have lower costs of joining a ied ‘ate system and especially a monetary union. 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SoINLNED pap gM, aH PU esION “pura ‘pueners ut ss9u; sou00d ageua eu Stpsans savonut yD ‘amin 2p yo yprun Sosa auoyeanss euodeu e se uoRNa 08 Sanna qvunionais aHL 394 pur a p05 Sys sursea wed uN, onpoud wow ‘yeaa pub “ep “wou 20} swosaus8 azour st woddng ones jeanyouse aie va nos sare) sameeren a (aac en amar os) sys se we a9 vous so8vons auoag a 9 apa we SunOS “anposd py Iebcares aon icalsiops us | (oe woueasiuny | juno> padojpagp IY asepun st dyruoreay 9p -pueasne eying ‘hystiompoad jemymnouseuryuauzsoidur dys ey PIPE “jon Sey g¥3 Jo bu2}sx2 ayy, adaung ul AasHionposd yeanyotse ase o} Se 2nuoalgo puns ¥ 71g ao uouednasond leur e anos sey sSx9 jo esos we)($2 billion in a newly established ‘members ofthe EU known as the L 1. To promote development and economic. pe bead is ess than 75 percent ofthe EU. radially improve the economic base of regions most seriously afeted ustrial decline onbt longer vempley ment {Toads the labor market problems of young people technology inthe abliy to grasp scale econo Europeans fared that US-based multinational corporations had jt sted eg of al ronal eget a 95 ard pracy alps Ey Er ety th ones depres Fac inant postion. These concerns nurtured a series of initia- iy directed to puting European industry on a more competitive NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND THE ERA OF NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ics Seven Sher, The Ae14 wns panmbas pue souyapins aoud yjog pswdope sey pur wang ndino arnt seonb pas iysnpu 4p 30 UNEASE) fiseauon wy ssapjoyareys Se eo ueunuopard np popripat my ‘gum puso Asai 1 vadomg ap 808 ep 0 {un psn 3 feH pO soso ag "wonSenan snp os Op AT UE UTR ANA noord ag) ye hapa pour wag mg ogo! NP Udon our eg sey Sag 3) EE PO 9 npostusodomg ues ne uy engry aq san on ey sata pur qos 30a ued 27950 poe wodsues, ewey jo au pood e aun 019 open ged ae sede ou wy song yo 209, ‘suonisod yoyeu fuous © anyp 0} sue esse paras jo wo) siotuou yo pouueg wood ego ws ‘ojoursay wopewsozuy uy yprasyy 49 swuresfong >aeNS veadoung 23 uy sguorigs usadoung 982 21 24) J Spe Suga wx papas “wou8seq ‘usadaung a9 236] Paw su ares a se wae sem KHojouNpeH ORAL ‘payeygmiss a9 prox Aasnpet aut usw Buea, Sado papuny Apu usiy ‘plnyon Adtted NelLiuaawo> uo wpa xg uz yao aompar oy pauisop ‘Snansnaiso1younsnput agewaies jo wed wasn Sap faygejt uo 9m buna uy syoususea08 soquinu idano 0 Kpsgns ib jsyos pooug on) paxpisuc> wossKuNO) ay sea OM put av0 wom, 39 7 pause seo undef pue soins paws an pa] adomg ype da det jexBojouype, 2h vay got Ase ayy ut paues soDKOd m3SOCIAL POLICY +The sost scious problenr-undetmining he cohesion ofthe European Union as eseo) Tie Grow'n oF Fue Enrcgrmeny Gare managers, and employees? Theresa certain irony in thatthe lowered barter to ted United Kingdom easy ing ofthe playing field that would make continental European fms ‘more eay to acquire, Whe itis conceivable, and even likely that specific esl willbe removed, the barter takeovers imposed by low legislate aay gers, he Commission has als the power to investigate any anticompetitive arrangement and ley fins for such is- ‘ues as price fixing or supply constraint For example it changed that iste inthe cement industry and imposed fines totaling 248 ECUs on 33 producers. acted several times especially against lap” allins including Air Prance Iberia, and Olympic ‘What shouldbe apparent from much ofthis scussions tha the prevailing social philosophy of the European Union is concerned wi fenance of what is now consequences for compe "much oecupied economists in the 19605—the eo “Es" equity versus efficiency — thas within the EU become the two “Cs,” cohesion versus competitiveness THE PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT «whole is uneniplayment. For the bulk: ofthe postwar period, unemployment the countries fat row make up the EU was very low, especially relative to Soin FU Tarp toan idea of ahigh degree of social sa strong preference for maintaining substan ity creating unemployment. Thebigh ‘ovulate sce egg the Conan company (Te anon 12 Feta 200 8 degree of jobessness entails a high degree of expenditure on social protection.trig od ey uo n-gram ay EID gE RN Png tay rN ML TNL mt mp, ssuouednoooard seus mous suauife aj asudsow pur api pang ene ay s2y200 suo uo 3 oj aus. e se spe peso 2g dn sap aovoppur yasmin inom pu s22doydus a pares aval ae a9 Y ec Twntad 03 paonpasZayay see gg ae a0394 08 ‘oy en paonpas gst ut surojaypadoyduaun say uous ded roman 0 suaupuoureayeno8au 0 siaoqda pur uN -vado, oj asunoses Surseabur 5:21) "uu an arya Sueunag se vans syn? [a9] aprnctasnpu ayy ye paeyoou Siuom sou adoung wn}soy4 WL “ONINIYDAVg 3411937209 40 MISKS HL qustesaujen 1 srs! oma i por nsx poi gp - noice 5) sonoos ueadioan 0 25ncountry theres aszabe “wedge” that distorts the labor leisure decision and raises ‘ to employers, creating a bias for offshore production and capital intensity FRAGMENTED Lasox Markers. Although the European Uni onstittes 3 ee wegen ae, Me ee i tt a Shores ier an coe nema’ buss ei eee = 2 Sotictenseemrymecn neers region of southern Spain, experiences 32 pe ‘protection scheme and has experienced one hited a vieious cy longeteem development for an economy, the term has been growing unemployment ch growth as has occured is ins of about 40 per Further 2 percent" Thus although inereases in wages themselves were modera ing, real css for unskilled labor in France were about 40 percent higher than the United States “Table 96 shows the otal taxes (payroll—both employers’ and employees shares—and income taxes the EU. While the various components ite vary from county, in every 's generally regarded as a posi consequence for Eurape inthe om of coletsve bargaining the high reservation by generous socal protection, igh nonwage costs, and frag ‘mented labor markets. To this should probably be added another factor: he shift Tout, 20Sjonupadse. juauersey 99 18 ose aouesy pur Renoquaeny woe Sng e sungeu pu sn spar suesiond jo Suen Yh bd guy ap ys poser pe ue yg gg ney ay oo nd HONE ORGY pssouangsuay-youoydua 2g apt, 0 wan # repos ajouoad 0 duane ve pon ung sey suse yp opezed a anspor fs] uewioyduoun fxg azene ie tou Ueddoung 249 pu" BSL AL sammypundso ars wautona8 ur won Ips ay yew o Bunk Ka pause (etre som aap emos zo or 60 ct ede a te ur & sesamin 50- et v0 vetoes (eo rig ten mao § 90 ee oz vw ze sony t 50 0 = = sons pet ts et ss vsun vss eo t= er@neg neon ort unaey t a Fa " ot a z= a0 fo & = (r= Za Ses = names nee ese so. ez oo tr eo veo 50 90 0 60 * sg at on a a oF an wea ono da = wads ow eust-196t ar Teet Oost aoeT eroaet Soer-v8r a SipsCes aa] “pines” and six “payers” The gainers are primaly the small poor countries 8, Has the common agricultural policy been a sucess? (Geece, Portugal and Irland) tht are beneficiaries ofthe CAP, and the various Sn ener erg eeey eee forms ef structural funds including the newly established cohesion funds, The [title igaaaby : fms ofthese thre courtries are cnsierable—clse to 5 percent of GDP i the Dsus the evo of competition poly inthe EU, Why th EU con- i ase of Grece in 1994, Spain, Denmark, an Portugal also gain. The main payee ered atthe merger of two US. firms ike Ali Signal and Honeywel? 'S Germany with oth the lrgest economy and he gest net ass percentage 11, What have ben the rot causes of groving unemployment in the EU? Are o'Gor they the result of the economic system? KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS = “resources Basic Research in Industrial European Steategc Programme }oOKS AND ARTICLES “Technology (BRITE) {or Research in information Briton Andrew an David Mays Aching Money Uno nope, Landon 5 “Technology (ESPRIT) Publatons, 132 . ae taser fire ‘ater, Willem, Gitneate Corset. and Noor! Robin “Excessive Defi Sese and ‘elong eduction ‘Nonsense he Tel of Manic” Exam Py, Ap 198, 8-10, ee Devine Tiothy M. and Wile C. Hightower Earp it rT, ecg, jenunepnere ‘Mass! Heshand Co, 191 52. om me ae Seapine he Eur Conon 3 ed. New Yer employment intensiveness ‘most favored nation principle i, Amedeo, ad Gini Panella, es Fa Feri the Ear Unio. Vo. 9 European Central Bank (EC the Een Eon Nev York Routledge, 19, European Currency Ui European Econom European Monetary European Monetary System European Research Coordinating _trade diversion effect ‘Agency (EUREKA) ‘vocational raining, fan nto hay Prati England: Dartmouth Publishing, 1990. o ‘Nevin, ward The zooms f Ere New York: St Martins Pres, 1950, “A Survey of Busnes in Europe: Present Ppl” The Exams, 23 November 1986, 136 ‘Swann Denis. Te Eons he Common Mar, 6 ed Landon; Penguin Boos, 1988. Tolls Luks. The No Eup Ey ese Od Ono Unie Pes QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION — 7 te Nato nmi: Commisn Eure Al Raps izations like the EU will ie 1. Do you tink hat he eration o hasten or impede moves to freer global ra surprised thatthe openness of the EU with respect to the rest of i has not changed since te 1960? What accounts fr this? 4 Why was it thought necestary to improve the Maastricht criteria. on poten tial entrants of the EMU? 5, How isthe convergence issue to be handled after the ceston ofthe EM 6, Is Europe an optimum currency area? 7. Why sit important to have an independent central bank for Europe?(ae ins oi fea ag ee ee ru 2 4 Blog sons esa wane w Bua. PTT ° 1s SaIWONODa NvISV [AMAA ‘eww Bays i ry fo sng purong rou seni watoy Manos «1 sss ound Rigor mmassnpay unpre eng ‘sono visanoon any ‘auodvonis ‘wymivs ier aauawny | MSP —Hray sousuapeang jos (OM) wore pe ESand the warrior Samurai class was integrate into the cil society: Most impor: tant, the government initiated a program of stte-led indus JAPAN | INTRODUCTION jon and a GDP in 1997 of roughly $trilion, the there canbe litle doubt that Japan remains a formidal With population of 125 sltuted a poter- Soe aun naeas encouraged and finance to undertake industri crmeconor commer were proto en panne 7 ipse of American business unless Industrial groups grew ino zabatsu—cl and financial combines that dominated posed of oughly 20030 firms that ty-coal mines, steelworks, insurance, and so forth. This sytem small numberof diversitid groups, Mitsui, the oyed about 18 mlion workers; Mitsubishi, the operation of the Japanese system and examin Class inks been he leadersof industry andthe members ‘elm, and the gre A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ECO OMIC HISTORY EARLY DEVELOPMENT relopment of Japan was spurred by the onset of Word ‘mand forheavy industrial goods, The Ja voneso, | usc ftsinput to pads owed wp udoud yo sasfop yay © pe su oni 55, og MT 0 puedo fq pune sem sua duu ut 0 Bua J uO 2 OH SINPLatpuE 70 ‘uuouooo osouede| a 30 vou Seo peo os wg 3DHIO ee ee seen over set over sect est (ot = Lae anno umn 6 xo swan a ||«quite violent, were common. The government threw its weight behind the em Dloyers and helped them break the more radical labor is period saw the modern model ‘hroughoot he postwar ‘he ken and the planing and fin ve bargaining was abandoned in tur for tine employment’ ust be regarded as an immensely “Throughout most ofthe postwar period 1945, Japan enjoyed rapid and sus- ful economy. From the lw point poi lesson tbat othe system of labor manager policy, the system of directed credit, espect for social order, and the absence of iasge defense expenditure (which may have allowed for Righ oth soit and the economy sa deep sense responsibility. In some or ae insisted on their dissolution and to preve gence, aban againstholding companies ‘he kvetsu groups that emerged are loosersans, jonuoo are eset we wos uauadevew2e uppaysson o ped apIsumop 248 UC SERUORS pu nog se sioquau dno 0 oo} oy uosea e pues nq ‘dna fom asouede| a U0 doy aM eI my 2] ee fwouars ayy 04 dros ange ay soy Sue J LEYS Pon rosy eros woasoirg om «) “era ores 1 Ainamunwo>, 40 “dnos¥ ayy. Bu teiy souo ag dno ai jo sraquow yaFano sine wt ies tonne SOURCE OFC, ea Sar 195195 1S. ‘The Misa! Group can be de: scribed 25 the largest busines ‘held within the group are rarely sold, and consequently execu from outside takeover bids. Hence a azuthe strong yenhave prompted Misul management t purse 3 range of projects overs, paste level, ecsu solidarity is further ‘company ofcerson the bord o ries to exploit new areas of Du prises between group members, with equ “The Mitsui Group” ‘races the Ristory of that organization from its origins in 1568 ‘Other conglomerate groups are best described as bank centered (Although the ‘eis ofzabatsu origin include a group bank, te lead company in these cases “Today both legislation and practice plac limits onthe role ofthe bank within the group. The law prohibits iersu banks fom lending excasively within the sr0up and equires that nongroup borrowers receive equal acess. 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In atin ing conditions of exnployment ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICY ‘ate, but Japan also di per unemployed worker ia xpnttre Uneroaymact ate nce COP} (page bre) anos soem SOURCE QECD Epa Ott OECD, emi Surya of job occupancy andthe Jo level of ur Jot market policy (those polices designed rovide publi low—about one-half the OECD SECO counemies, 1983_] xpenttre —SUORDURSIP soyp apo 0} Sumpua} axe So%05 xa PHO a¥p aBexoqouy ‘Supfueg younsonn Bungay [sou woo venaq suazeg fe Sur|ED1 ‘Mon NEAL IA, ea souedel 2 joou! 242 IY “NOLLVINGN985 ZIVOVIW IVONYAT] DNILIND, wo saved. , 8 ut fpaniod pe af Asan axe squeq ued OT uoxasayunansawop Banp at so wy fue yeu 03 qq 5yueg e speun> pu wages Surya mf p55 jo Sua} u pass “est no ae aLtechnology are making them out of date. In Japan, regulatory change to accommo: date these shifts is ky. uly eee ‘examples in which promotion of a specific industry ox products has led of foc growth; however, equally important, especialy 35 older Sg ime, ven the raion! proton et of Japanese pi, los markets, isthe rationalization of industries that ce inev limited to preserve the essentially Japanese character ofthe banking KING WINNERS. If microeconomic industrial policy sto improve economic formance, there must be an economic justification as to why bureaucrats are INDUSTRIAL POLICY ‘The Japanese economy embodies a high degre of “industrial po intervention ofthe government fo promote or change the velopment, OF course, Japan isnot sone, many counties a promote industrial fever, in Japan indus major groups fels This concer sbout| restraint on competition canbe socially beneficial Hence governme stape markt suctrcanled ta move ce of aa After ‘seul ‘omic industrial policy and its microeconomic counterpart. MACROECONOMIC INDUSTRIAL POLICY ‘This category embraces measures designed to increase the pace of overall in- justia mix required rst-class economic power and keep i thee. the pace of industrial growth, albe expense of the consumer. MIcROECONOMIC INDUSTRIAL POLICY However, when we talk of industrial policy we generally envisage is micro- economic form. Indeed, one prominent economist, Richard Cooper, has defined industria policy 2s action “whose intended purpose isto affect the structure of put In ths sons, industrial policy i designed as a substitute forthe allocative Propaganda and moral suasion, Such jawboning was not always sucessful [na pps 200u yon @ py sey (sto Lu) ispuy pur apex euonewsnn yo Ansty supp 2929 Stu sossnons oxy apy puED po pause poy say fu pul uouoDeo I ayo ossaDons Wd aney ANKENY ‘Soyod esisnpet ausouoss0.3ns suntan Sued Supprd,) Ad rernsnp au sr ap ‘Agod euasnput snnousao ne 309 3, ounfoytue aumayy —nsjusy psawaryueg, Siaa5NOD GNV Swuai AaW ‘non puewnp w 3009 apd imag youpe 250} putESns 39.4 DU We Mo inom yep de8 dyno ansod 92g wouyusius asaya ssoBEns sn, unssad ‘uo a pasearsur sey ndino "muse sod juasad ¢ ue as0u 8 Sut juaniad ¢moge Syp5t a ums bed wes avy Apos ye sand nanspeUN i Aaxsnonposd soge ‘yuu Jo 2omos yweuodus aque ‘osaMOH 80K sod swsoiad y {oy aan sino ogy sud IYI poAoN pl Jo yuudofarap 94s wo pasegsuaI:D S919507 40 2NITDIQ IHL ONINNY TG fs Suumyzeynsews popre-synduo> pu 2 Jo syiuans ag se was arom yey ute auauno a4 oy ah pago> stp Suraqare ways sauede{ ag josassanans ip wy MOU eyo UG MY W3ISAS 3SaNVavr aH 40 3uALAa SHE oo gyaew uo aoueyasoea8w pe EH 20 2p OLE oad sae Suyoae pzemoy Rinsou st wopsen znd, snona;dsu09 aso 90 “snp >uouwssen nu o asta ved ase ut pose) ansis Surueg so aes a paw 9961 a9 Sues aude go suuso.od ay) Su “IN 0 om or wp SLING oe a 1 Aur sa80309, a Sum Sop ssi samy snonstdsue> [eA96 ud ANE az aKa a ED Vy SUD c ee fee]Ministry of Finance (MoF) eno Sa seniority wages shunto QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION RESOURCES 1 What are the kits? In what they dite from the zaisu? do they resemble and in what ‘re hertsu eld together? sysdo 2. How general isthe system of ifetime employment? In what ways does it help and in what way does ithurt produetvry? 4. How ae Japanese trade unions organized? Does this contribute to labor pence? 4, How does a system of “seniority wages” fer from the normal assump- Wee sites Ministry of Finance trations Trade and Indsty Bureau EconamicPlnning Agency Exonamic Research insite Nasional Tax Administation “Tokyo Stock Exchange J pan Development Bank Import Export Bank of japan ia s panes sternal Trade Organization Misabishi Companies tome Group Companies... peu suitmo com i Ais 7. Is microeconomic industeial policy just about “picking winners"? What else isimportan? ip wre ot go peng inden hp: /wwwbojor pen inde p/m gaspindeve ue wd gop index ead 2 Ieapanei. go pf up: www goip np index it ep Times National Newspaper. 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