Economic Policy Issues for the Next Decade

The Case for a New Policy Framework — Introduction.- Economic Policy for the 21st Century.- 1: The Future of Macroeconomic Policy in the European Union.- The Future of Macroeconomic Policy in the European Union.- Economic Policies — Old and New?.- The Case for Straightening Out Macroeconomic Policy in the European Union.- 2: Economic Policy Consequences of Population Ageing.- Towards a Positive Equilibrium for Ageing Societies.- Population Ageing — A Problem not a Crisis.- Economic and Social Policy in an Ageing Europe: Employment and Pensions.- The German Pension Reform — A Major Improvement on a PAYG System.- Activation as an Option for an Ageing Society.- 3: The Potential Benefits and Risks of the Enlargement of the Union in Central Europe.- Eastern Enlargement: Some Basics.- Optimal Path into the EMU: Big Bang or Gradualism?.- Institutional Aspects of EU Enlargement.- Health not Wealth.- What Can We Learn About Labour Market Adjustment in Candidate Countries from Literature?.- 4: The Future of Public Finance.- International Tax Competition: A New Framework for Analysis.- An Age of Diminished Taxation?.- What Future For The EC Budget?.- The Development of Tax Structures in the EU Member States.- 5: Competitiveness in the Science Based Economy.- The Public Policy Challenge of the New Economy.- Competitiveness in the Science-Based Economy — The Irish Experience.- Institutions and Innovation in the European Union.- What do We Know About the New Economy?.- 6: The Scope for Economic Policy Advice.- Empirical Economic Research and Economic Policy Advice: Some Remarks.- Economic Policy Consulting: Some Personal Reflections.- Political Economy in Economic Policy Advice.- Contributors of this Volume.