Why Europe Will Run the 21st CenturyFourth Estate, 2005 - 170 Seiten Those who believe Europe to be weak and ineffectual are wrong. Turning conventional wisdom on its head Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century sets out a vision for a century in which Europe will dominate, not America. This is the book that will make your mind up about Europe. Those who believe Europe is weak and ineffectual are wrong. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, Mark Leonard, one of the UK's most visionary thinkers, argues that Europe is remaking the world in its own image. Europe only looks dead because it is seen through American eyes. But America's reach is shallow and narrow. It can bribe, bully or impose its will anywhere in the world, but when its back is turned its potency wanes. Europe's reach is broad and deep, spreading its values from Albania to Zambia. It brings other countries into its orbit rather than defining itself against them, and once countries come under the influence of its laws and customs they are changed for ever. This book sets up a challenge: to regard Europe not as a tangle of bureaucracy and regulation, but as a revolutionary model for the future. We cannot afford to forget that Europe was founded to protect us against war and that it is now key to the spread of democracy. 'Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century' addresses Europe's place in the world, looks to the past and the future and argues, provocatively, that it can and will shape a new and better world order. |
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... compared to just 1.8 per cent in the eurozone . " The truth is that this overall figure hides the fact that the growth in the US economy has been driven by a growing population rather than better economic performance . Population growth ...
... compared to 691 in the EU - 15.11 Much of this difference is due to the fact that the average US worker takes only ten days ' holiday each year . In contrast , in several European countries workers average thirty days or more . 12 ...
... compared to 12 per cent in the eurozone , and total household debt stands at 84 per cent of GDP ( compared to 50 per cent in the eurozone ) . This is not sustainable as the economist Herstaein has argued , ' things which can't go on ...
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The Power of Weakness and | 1 |
Europes Invisible Hand | 9 |
Divided We Stand United We Fall | 21 |
Urheberrecht | |
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