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Strength. When workers are fired, they are rewarded with generous severance pay: a month's pay for each year worked is common. Thanks to the strength of the trade unions, it is becoming even harder to lay off unwanted workers. In West Germany, for example, the Bavarian metalworkers union...
One way to combat inflation is, of course, to raise the productivity of both labor and capital. However, the structure of European industry and the difficulty of shedding unwanted labor hamper this policy in many countries. France, for example, still has a host of small, undercapitalized companies. Out of 908...
In Washington, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns announced bravely, "As far as I'm concerned, this is the last devaluation." Many speculators clearly did not believe him. Bursts of late selling drove the dollar's price down against the Swiss franc, Dutch guilder and Italian lira. Through...
Although the Pill and other contraceptives are readily available, many women still have unwanted pregnancies because they neglect-or have no opportunity-to take precautions before intercourse. Now, the Federal Government is acting to provide help in the form of the chemical diethylstilbestrol (DES). Last week the Food and Drug...
It is common in America-though not in Europe-for museums to sell their unwanted objects. So why the fuss? Because, his critics charge, Hoving's administration had disposed of important works to raise cash, tried to conceal it and made special arrangements with favored dealers instead of putting...