Reviewing President Carter's economic policy after his first few months in office, Professor Wertheimer assumes a critical attitude particularly towards Carter's energy package and anti-inflation policies which, in his opinion, show serious flaws, limitations and lack of imagination.

The isolation of national telecommunications markets in the past has meant that pronounced differences remain among the R&D systems operating in the countries of the European Community. The intended opening up of public procurement markets by the end of 1992 could therefore lead to substantial...