16/04/2008 10:13:59 pm
In Eurointelligence: Is Europe Finally Back? I have written a Comment & Analysis piece for Eurointelligence, the independent economic news and analysis service. The message is that many European countries have liberalized substantially during the past decade, but the United States has not. This will produce economic effects effects, some of which may be visible already:

"The 2008 Index of Economic Freedom (Heritage Foundation) provides similar evidence. Of the 20 countries in the world with the freest economy today, 10 are European. In 2008, 19 European countries had increased their economic freedom compared to the year before. The degree of economic freedom is strongly correlated with economic prosperity. The EU has had higher economic growth than the US during the past two years, and forecasts show that to be likely during the next two years as well."

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