“…This paper has two goals: first, to put the wider discussion of job displacement and wage changes resulting from immigration and offshoring on a firmer empirical foundation; and second, to explore changes in the European social model that will allow the European economies to adjust to the challenges and respond to the opportunities resulting from increased global competition from emerging market economies. Both immigration and offshoring confront European policy makers with trade-offs between efficiency and equity. …”

“…The text provokes discussions around issues such as: Is business sustainability possible in a market economy focused on increasing consumption? Should a product or service be called “green” when it puts at risk the health and safety of workers? …”

“…Eight of the ten countries are young market economies that have gone through 15 years of dramatic, and often traumatic, economic transition. …”

“…Quite paradoxically, the relaxation of shareholders' property rights and the limits imposed on managerial discretion as a result of the operation of employee representation seem necessary to achieve certain valuable forms of organizational flexibility in market economies."…”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Former KGB general in the federal parliament <br/>- Yeltsin criticizes Gorbachev <br/>- Russian parliament works for the creation of a market economy <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- József Antall receives the Bench of Bishops <br/>- Géza Jeszenszky's lecture in Cambridge <br/>- Árpád Göncz on the situation of Hungarian Gypsies <br/>- Parliamentary autumn session commences <br/>- Constitutional Court to have ten members <br/>- Authorities collect self-defense weapons <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Reduction in mineral oil transports Külpolitika: <br/>- Volt KGB tábornok a szövetségi parlamentben <br/>- Jelcin bírálja Gorbacsovot <br/>- Az orosz parlament a piacgazdaságért dolgozik <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Antall József fogadja a püspöki kart <br/>- Jeszenszky Géza előadása Cambridge-ben <br/>- Göncz Árpád a magyar cigányság helyzetéről <br/>- Megkezdődik a parlament őszi ülésszaka <br/>- Tíztagú az Alkotmánybíróság <br/>- Önvédelmi fegyverek begyűjtése <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- Kőolajszállítások csökkentése…”

“…"Who controls the modern corporation and how, and to which purpose, it should be run, has become an essential question for the organisation of production in a capitalist market economy. As the distributional consequences of corporate governance, both in terms of material redistribution as well as, on a more fundamental level, the social power relations that constitute the modern corporation, have become more and more visible, political struggle over corporate governance regulation has intensified. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Serious clashes in Jerusalem <br/>- Warsaw Pact disarmament committee session in Prague <br/>- The CPSU on the market economy <br/>- Decision on the equality of social organizations in the Soviet Union <br/>- Polish Interior Ministry staff in prison <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Kohl says thank you for help in unification <br/>- Béla Kádár's Tokyo press conference on economic relations between the two countries <br/>- The barrel scandal <br/>- Fate of Albanian refugees <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Hungarian chicken on the Soviet market <br/>- Prices increase at the post office Külpolitika: <br/>- Súlyos összecsapások Jeruzsálemben <br/>- VSZ leszerelési bizottságának ülése Prágában <br/>- Az SZKP a piacgazdaságról <br/>- Döntés a társadalmi szervezetek egyenlőségéről a Szovjetunióban <br/>- Lengyel belügyesek börtönben <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Kohl köszönetet mond az egyesítésben való segítségért <br/>- Kádár Béla tokiói sajtótájékoztatója a két ország gazdasági kapcsolatáról <br/>- A hordó-botrány <br/>- Az albán menekültek sorsa <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- Szovjet piacon a magyar csirke <br/>- Áremelések a postánál…”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Austrian parliamentary elections <br/>- UN Security Council compromise on the Jerusalem incident <br/>- Attempt against the German Interior Ministry <br/>- Soviet Union joins Interpol <br/>- Congress of Czech and Moravian communists <br/>- Octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for Literature <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Checks on illegal immigrants <br/>- Plan for the utilization of empty Soviet barracks <br/>- Changes needed to criminal law <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- József Antall talks in Holland about transition to the market economy <br/>- Drop in foreign investors' enthusiasm Külpolitika: <br/>- Osztrák parlamenti választások <br/>- BT-kompromisszum a jeruzsálemi incidens ügyében <br/>- Merénylet a német belügyminiszter ellen <br/>- A Szovjetunió belépett az Interpolba <br/>- Cseh és morva kommunisták kongresszusa <br/>- Octavio Paz kapta az irodalmi Nobel-díjat <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Idegenrendészeti ellenőrzés <br/>- Terv az üresen maradó szovjet laktanyák felhasználására <br/>- Szükséges változások a büntetőjogban <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- Antall József a piacgazdaságba való átmenetről beszél Hollandiában <br/>- A külföldi befektetői kedv megtorpanása…”

“…In so doing, Yan demonstrates that contestations over the meanings of migrant workers raise broad questions about the nature of wage labor, market economy, sociality, and postsocialism in contemporary China."…”

“…"Since 1945, socially moderated market economies have formed the cornerstone of the European socioeconomic model. …”

“…Financial market sentiment toward emerging market economies has improved with expectations of lower interest rates in advanced economies, reduced concern about China’s near-term prospects following policy support to growth, and some firming of commodity prices. …”

“…This book describes what the author considers to be a dangerous political process that undermines both the market economy and democracy, without solving southern Europe's competitiveness problem. …”

“…Although model simulations suggest that a large and protracted government bond yield shock would not have large trade spillovers in the absence of crisis events in the United States or abroad, an induced increase in bond yields in other countries, together with an induced large decline in equity prices, would have a sizeable effect on the OECD and largest emerging market economies. The latter countries are particularly vulnerable to such spillovers given their generally less liquid financial markets and, in some cases, weak fundamentals related to the banking system and external financing. …”

“…Free-marketeers believed that we were witnessing “the end of history,” and proclaimed that the market economy was here to stay, that all alternatives had been proven inferior. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- French diplomacy distances itself from Kohl <br/>- Weizsäcker interview before his visit to Prague <br/>- First 60 days of the Polish market economy <br/>- German re-unification negotiations <br/>- Israeli government crisis <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Parliament holds its first session <br/>- Taxing interest is unconstitutional <br/>- Election campaign <br/>- Phone tapping scandal: ad hoc committee's statement made public <br/>- Sixth day of Hungarian university students' six-down strike in Targu Mures <br/>- Hungarian TV and Radio will not broadcast direct from March 15 celebrations <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- World Bank loan, Swiss loan Külpolitika: <br/>- A francia diplomácia elhatárolja magát Kohltól <br/>- Weizsäcker interjú prágai látogatása előtt <br/>- A lengyel piacgazdaság első 60 napja <br/>- Német egyesítésről folyó tárgyalások <br/>- Az izraeli kormányválságról <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Megtartotta utolsó ülését az Országgyűlés <br/>- Alkotmányellenes a kamatadó <br/>- Választási kampány <br/>- Lehallgatási botrány: nyilvánosságra hozták az ad hoc bizottság jelentését <br/>- Hat napja tart már marosvásárhelyi magyar egyetemisták ülősztrájkja <br/>- A TV és a Rádió nem közvetíti egyenesben a Márciusi 15-i ünnepségeket <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- Világbank hitel, svájci hitel…”

“…Reflection on the meaning of the date of November 7 for the Russian history; segment on pre-election campaign in Russia; a segment about agricultural holdings of the church in the Sergievskoie village; introduction of residential registration instead of "propiska" (Soviet type of residency permit); the position of Russian scientists in the conditions of market economy; the problem of consumers in Saratov; introduction of domestic currencies in the countries of the former USSR; religious sect "Beloe Bratstvo," "White Brotherhood," active in Ukraine. …”

“…In particular, the data do not support the widely held view that labor regulations in the former USSR with respect to firing costs were extremely rigid and were subsequently liberalized by the 15 successor states over the course of transition to a market economy. Rather, the dynamics of the EPL index in the region resembles an inverted U-shaped pattern with the peak of labor market rigidity occurring in the mid-1990s in the CIS countries and a decade later in the Baltic States. …”

“…Also included are documents relating to participation in transnational projects such as PHARE or TACIS, which were aimed at restructuring the economies of, promoting transition to a market economy and establishing democracy and the rule of law in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. …”

“…Due to its sharpness and depth, the current global financial and economic crisis has initiated a wide debate on the supposed self-correcting properties of the market economy, on the need for more effective regulation and supervision of financial markets, and on the role of macroeconomic stabilization policies. …”

“…<br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Hungary is counting on IMF and World Bank support in constructing its market economy, says Miklós Németh at opening of Budapest International Banker Training Center <br/>- Ministerial review held at Bauxite Mine Company in Bakony Külpolitika: <br/>- A kínai gazdaság <br/>- Rómában megkezdődött a Keresztény Demokrata Párt kongresszusa <br/>- A Svédország és Norvégia között kirobbant fóka-háború <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Szűrös M. szerint elképzelhető, hogy Magyarország idővel társult viszonyt alakít ki a Közös Piaccal <br/>- Pártértekezlet a fővárosban és vidéken <br/>- Független politikai szervezetek, szövetségek és pártok nemzeti kerekasztal tárgyalást javasoltak <br/>- Magyar emigránsokkal találkoztak Bécsben a FIDESZ képviselői <br/>- Az államjogász a többpártrendszerről <br/>- Cigány gettó Miskolcon? …”