Economic convergence of the new member states (NMS) of the EU towards the old EU countries (EU-15), not only in terms of real income, but also in nominal terms, is of paramount importance for the whole of the EU. We build a dynamic CGE model, starting from the Balassa-Samuelson two-sector...

American primacy and Europeanist responses / Peter Gowan -- European integration and the future of nation state / Jaime Pastor -- Globalization, transnational corporations and human rights / Chinsung Chung -- The European experience : the millionfold trauma of the 20th century is still virulent...