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Dates: during 1978-1978
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...industrial nations of Europe never really recovered from the 1974-75 recession, in part because they avoided rapid-growth policies for fear of aggravating inflation. A consequence, as well as a continuing cause, of the sluggishness is the decline of three basic industries?steel, textiles and shipbuilding???that provide 4.3 million European jobs. Many companies in these ailing sectors have grown too unwieldy and inefficient to compete in a changing world. To survive, they must shrink, evolve and innovate. Says West German Economics Minister Count Otto Lambsdorff: "There is no reason for losing our heads, but the seriousness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Europe's Slumping Industries | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

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