Demography – an International Comparison Using Generational Accounting
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“Bailing out” has recently become a standard expression in newspapers’ business sections all over the world. First, there was the financial sector, followed by the automotive industry until finally many large and middle-sized companies longed for public help. The survival of huge corporations or crucial financial institutions is of great interest in a crisis that has come close to a collapse of both the capital and labour markets but over the long run another question arises:Who’s going to bail out the governments?
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