U zemljama s izrazitom vojničkom tradicijom poput SAD-a ili Izraela veteranski centri su okosnica sustava skrbi za veterane i članove njihovih obitelji. Već se dugi niz godina u Hrvatskoj govori o ...potrebi uspostave veteranskih centara, međutim, za sada je uspostavljen tek Dom hrvatskih veterana u Lipiku koji se smatra pilot-projektom, odnosno pretečom veteranskih centara. Hrvatska država pokazuje značajnu brigu za pronalaskom rješenja brojnih problema hrvatskih branitelja3, ali se po reakcijama branitelja stječe dojam kako su to samo „ad hoc" rješenja bez konačnih rezultata. Ministarstvo branitelja uvidjelo je potrebu za sustavnim pristupom rješavanju brojnih braniteljskih problema. U 2019. će se, uz pomoć sredstava Europske unije, izgraditi pet veteranskih centara, i to u Daruvaru, Petrinji, Osijeku Šibeniku i Sinju. U ovom radu analizirali smo različite probleme iz socijalnog, ekonomskog i zdravstvenog područja koji izravno utječu na položaj branitelja u društvu, kvalitetu njihovih života i njihovo zadovoljstvo. Mislimo da su veteranski centri, uz adekvatnu strukturu i organizaciju te profesionalno vođenje, kvalitetno rješenje za složene probleme braniteljske populacije.
China's extraordinarily rapid economic growth since 1978, driven by market- oriented reforms, has set world records and continued unabated, despite predictions of an inevitable slowdown. In The State ...Strikes Back: The End of Economic Reform in China?, the renowned China scholar Nicholas R. Lardy argues that China's future growth prospects could be equally bright but are shadowed by the specter of resurgent state dominance, which has begun to diminish the vital role of the market and private firms in China's economy. Lardy's book is a timely sequel to his path-breaking Markets Over Mao: The Rise of Private Business in China (Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2014). This book mobilizes new data to trace how President Xi Jinping has consistently championed state-owned or controlled enterprises, encouraging local political leaders and financial institutions to prop up ailing, underperforming companies that are a drag on China's potential. As with his previous book, Lardy's perspective departs from conventional wisdom, especially in its contention that China could achieve a high growth rate for the next two decades—if it reverses course and returns to the path of market- oriented reforms.
The old discussion about ‘Market or State’ is obsolete. There will always have to be a mix of market and state. The only relevant question is what that mix should look like. How far do we have to let ...the market go its own way in order to create as much welfare possible for everyone? What is the responsibility of the government in creating welfare? These are difficult questions. But they are also the only interesting questions. That is why they are analysed in this book. The desired mix of market and state is anything but easy to bring about. It is a difficult and sometimes destructive process that is constantly in motion. There are periods in history in which the market gains in importance. During other periods the opposite occurs and the government is everywhere more dominant. The turning points in this pendulum swing typically seem to coincide with disruptive events that test the limits of market and state. Why we experience this dynamic is an important theme in this book. Will the market, which today is allocated a greater and greater role thanks to globalization, run up against its limits? Or do the financial crisis and growing income inequality show that we have already reached those limits? Do we have to brace ourselves for a rejection of the capitalist system? Are we returning to an economy in which the government is running the show? These are important questions this book seeks to answer.
Hrvatska od osamostaljenja nije uspjela napraviti cjelovitu i sustavnu ekonomsku politiku. Pojedinačne politike koje je provodila uglavnom nisu bile ni dobro koncipirane, ni dobro pripremljene. ...Najveći dio energije vladajući su trošili na uvjeravanje naroda u uspješnost njihovih politika i onda kad je bilo očito da one to nisu. Često, u neznanju i nesposobnosti kreiranja potrebnih politika, povlačeni su potezi da se pokaže da se nešto poduzima premda vjerojatno ni sami nisu vjerovali u svrhovitost tih poteza. U nedostatku cjelovitih i sustavnih politika pokušalo se s parcijalnim politikama vjerujući u njihovu čudnovatu sposobnost. Privatizacija, stabilan makroekonomski okvir i čvrsta valuta, mirovinska reforma, ulaganje u infrastrukturu, članstvo u međunarodnim organizacijama i integracijama itd., same po sebi nisu loše politike. Ali one to mogu postati ako pripreme nisu dobre i cjelovite i ako ne uključuju cijeli gospodarski i društveni sustav. Budući da je takav pristup izostao, Hrvatska tone prema dnu EU. Kroz godine trajanja pristupnih pregovora s EU (od 2004. godine) uvodni članak je svake godine nosio naslov: QUO Vadis Croatia? želeći da Hrvatska čim prije postane punopravna članica, nastojeći dati doprinos pristupanju i nadajući se da će to članstvo izvući hrvatsku politiku iz bezidejnosti. Ulaskom u EU (2013. godine) prestali smo pisati uvodni članak Quo Vadis Croatia? Nakon pet godina članstva, Hrvatska gospodarski tone prema dnu EU, ljudi se iseljavaju, kao najočitiji dokaz neuspjele politike, i mi moramo ponovno postaviti naslov (pitanje) Kamo ideš Hrvatska?
Ever since China entered the World Trade Organization at the turn of the century, Latin America supplied China with more and more of the primary commodities it needs and more. In The China Triangle, ...Kevin P. Gallagher traces the development of the China-Latin America trade over time and covers how it has affected the centuries-old (and highly unequal) US-Latin American relationship.
The paper examines the issue of labour taxation of Croatian worker in comparison to workers in OECD and EU Member States. By using hierarchical cluster analysis it studies the relations between tax ...wedge and labour market outcomes, whereas with panel regression analysis, performed on data for 39 countries during 2000-2008 period, estimates the impact of tax wedge on unemployment rate. The empirical estimates show that Croatia classifies among countries with higher unemployment and lower employment rate, characterized with higher tax wedge. Furthermore, the estimates of the regression analysis showed that the tax wedge at all three wage levels (i.e. 67 %, 100 % and 167 % of average wage) has a significant positive impact on unemployment rate. This signifies that Croatia, as other studied countries, should continue with reduction of tax wedge, as this would alleviate unemployment problems and stimulate job creation.
Rijetko koja udruga je uspjela u tako kratkom razdoblju zadobiti toliko medijskog prostora, toliko političke pažnje, simpatija poduzetnika, ali i ekonomskih analitičara, kao što je to uspjelo udruzi ...„Glas poduzetnika“ (UGP). Takva dinamika rasta obično prati ili političke stranke ili inicijative okupljene oko jednokratnog cilja. To je možda i jedan od razloga zašto nije bilo jasno ima li UGP politički karakter i žele li njeni čelni ljudi politički djelovati, ili jednostavno žele izmijeniti postojeću administrativnu strukturu koja vrlo loše, po njihovu mišljenju, brine o interesima poduzetnika. To ni danas nije do kraja jasno.
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