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...about 40% of gross domestic product in the E.U. compared with about 29% in the U.S. Income taxes have jumped, but so too have taxes on social insurance contributions and vat on goods and services. "Everyone feels like they are paying too much tax - and they are," says Baudouin Velge, chief economist at the Federation of Belgian Enterprises. Reducing that burden wouldn't just help taxpayers; it could help the entire euro zone, which is suffering from a long-term decline in economic vibrancy. While growth in the E.U. averaged about 3% per year in the 1970s, it slowed...
...commercial status allows them to play nearly anything they want. Large commercial stations have rigid, market-determined playlists. Since WERS is member and college-supported, they have no such obligations. Often, a student will hear a new CD or a new artist in concert and bring their name to Baudouin as someone they would like to play. “We trust each other’s tastes and opinions. I defer to the music directors of specific shows because they know their music better than I do. I can appreciate what is quality, but I can?...
...Baudouin got an early start in the music business. At about age 15 she started helping local bands that she loved. “I promoted musicians I met that became my friends. Well, they had to become my friends because I saw them so much,” she says. Unlike O’Dette, Baudoiun did not go to Emerson with the intention of working at WERS, but an existing love of music brought her to the station. “A friend of mine was music director, and he offered me a show [to DJ]. I thought...
...Baudouin has what is debatably the coolest job at WERS. As music director she is in charge of everything that gets played on the air. She receives about 200 CDs every week from labels as big as Atlantic and Virgin and as small as the local Big Wheel imprint. It’s her job to decide what gets passed on and what doesn’t. But the more important part of Baudouin’s job is to make sure that the WERS name is well-known in the music business. “I make a trip...
...that allow WERS to be at the head of getting new music on the air waves. “We receive new music before anyone else, even before commercial stations, because the industry realizes that we’re a major player in the Boston market,” Baudouin explains. WERS sticks by the artists it plays and has a list of musicians they call “WERS Alumni” who were played there before any other station thought to pick them up. The list includes such big names as Dave Matthews Band, Blues Traveler and Vertical...