By Christopher Lasch
5 lengthy essays via an American historian, the writer of the recent Radicalism in the United States (1965). less than the rubric of "the cave in of mass-based radical movements," Lasch examines the decline of populism, the disintegration of the yankee socialist occasion, and the weaknesses of black nationalism. additionally incorporated is a background of the Congress for Cultural Freedom and a dialogue of the '60's revival of ideological controversy.
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39 (1956) 74 International Labour Review 99 at 102. 40 Davies, above n. 5, at 321. 41 Deakin, above n. 36, at 92. 42 “Political and Economic Planning”, (1956) Planning, no. 405 at 233–4. 43 See J Eatwell, “The Euro? It Can Save the World”, The Observer, 22 August 1999: “Even the most casual student of the foreign exchanges should realise that, these days, the sterling exchange rate has little to do with UK competitiveness or the trade balance. Exchange rates are determined in speculative markets for financial assets”.
55 Streeck, above n. 7, at 55. 56 COM(98) 612, Preamble at 10. 53 The Integrationist Rationale for EU Social Policy 29 investors. Wolfgang Streeck argues for “European-wide harmonisation of social obligations at a high level”;57 but this fails to take into account the differences between the optimal levels of social policy in the various Member States. 58 Minimum-standard setting, of the sort required in order to eliminate distortions of competition where standards are unacceptably low, is an insufficient policy response.
Joseph Weiler has argued in favour of a test based on the prevention of market access. 22 There have been few cases which have analysed whether national labour law rules amount to barriers to free movement. 23 This holding appears to make it clear that, notwithstanding the free movement provisions of the EC Treaty, a host Member State is entitled to impose its own legislation on enterprises from other Member States who are operating in 18 In Case C–379/92 Peralta [1994] ECR I–3453 at para. 24, and Cases C–140–142/94 Commune di Bassano [1995] ECR I–3257 at para.