Growth versus Security

Part I. The Creation and Reform of Socio-Economic Systems at the National Level

1. Lessons from Sweden’s Welfare State: An American-Swedish Perspective
Birgitta Swedenborg

2. Flexicurity in Denmark: A Model for Labour Market Reforms in the EU?
Per Kongshøj Madsen

3. Slovakia: A Story of Reforms
Ivan Mikloš

4. The Czech Socio-Economic Model and Its Evolution from the Start of Transition to 2007
Karel Dyba

5. Institutional Transplants in the Transformation of Poland’s Economy and Polity
Jacek Rostowski

6. The European Union and the New Member States’ Dilemmas: The Case of Poland
Wojciech Bieńkowski

Part II. Economic Growth and Security in Comparative Perspective

7. New Challenges for the European Model and How to Cope with It
Karl Aiginger

8. Beyond Models and Regulations: Eastward Expansion versus Retrenchment in the ‘New’ EU?
Walter D. Connor

9. Economic Freedom, Confidence and Growth
Steve H. Hanke

Part III. Key Factors in the Search for Growth and Security

10. Public Finances and Structural Reforms in the US and the EU: Lessons for the New Member States
Filip Keereman, Siegfried Steinlein

11. Competition and Solidarity in Higher Education — A Reform Proposal Aiming at Improving Quality and Enhancing Security: The Case of Hungary
Lajos Bokros

12. Growth versus Security: Choice and the Generational Difference in Preferences
Stanisław Gomułka

13. In Search of a Perfect Regulatory System
Ewa Freyberg

14. Conclusions
Wojciech Bienkowski, Wojciech Bienkowski, Josef C. Brada, Mariusz-Jan Radło

Keywords: Economics, International Economics, Regional/Spatial Science