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...Europe Tightens Its Belt Re "Is the good life out of reach?" [Feb. 26], about the effect of a common currency on the cost of living in the European Union: Peter Gumbel made no mention of Britain, an E.U. country that has spurned the euro and kept its pound sterling. Wouldn't a comparison of economic conditions in Britain and those in other E.U. nations tell us something about whether the common currency is to blame for some of the ills mentioned? Alan Campbell, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
...With the $1.3 billion acquisition of American online ad company Digitas, he is leading his company into the increasingly important Internet market. And he co-authored a controversial report sharply critical of many of postindustrial France's economic policies. He recently talked policy and politics with Time's Peter Gumbel...
...project, says, "From the beginning, when we asked writers to suggest stories, it became clear that we were asking people to think of frontiers in an entirely different way. The suggestions were so strong and varied that I knew we'd hit on a powerful idea." Business writer Peter Gumbel, for example, had a look at what the line between East and West means now by visiting Estonia - a nation in which he had first spent time 16 years ago, when it was part of the Soviet Union. Since establishing its independence, the country has been dramatically successful in building...
...Graft Italian-Style Peter Gumbel's "Land Without Shame" [Oct. 10] argued that Italy is mired in corruption and that "a corrosive mindset has crept into Italy's political and business culture over the past decade." That is no surprise to Italians. Italy has always been a country where corruption is part of our daily life. It takes a payoff to get a job, a better hospital room, an account with a public utility or even a funeral. Sometimes such payments surface and become a scandal. Few try to fight corruption; most just accept it and learn to manage...
...Nice Work If You Can Get It Peter Gumbel's article on increasing employment problems across Western Europe [Oct. 3] perfectly highlighted the plight of a bleak, stagnant, not so efficient European labor market. The reasons lie in outdated and wrongheaded policies implemented by local governments that can't cope with the fast and ever-changing rules of the marketplace. In addition, there seems to be an increasing number of young people who are immature, not motivated enough or simply not ready to compete and find a decent job. Discouraged, they rely on poorly paid, insecure jobs or, even worse...