so,thatisthecontext.whatwouldadifferentpolicyagendaforeuropelooklike?
first,itwouldmoderniseoursocialmodel.againsomehavesuggestediwanttoabandoneurope''ssocialmodel.buttellme:whattypeofsocialmodelisitthathas20munemployedineurope,productivityratesfallingbehindthoseoftheusa;thatisallowingmoresciencegraduatestobeproducedbyindiathanbyeurope;andthat,onanyrelativeindexofamoderneconomy-skills,r&amd,patents,it,isgoingdownnotup.indiawillexpanditsbiotechnologysectorfivefoldinthenextfiveyears.chinahastrebleditsendingonr&amdinthelastfive.
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thepurposeofoursocialmodelshouldbetoenhanceourabilitytocompete,tohelpourpeoplecopewithglobalisation,toletthemembraceitsoortunitiesandavoiditsdangers.ofcourseweneedasocialeurope.butitmustbeasocialeuropethatworks.
andwe''vebeentoldhowtodoit.thekokreportin2004showstheway.investmentinknowledge,inskills,inactivelabourmarketpolicies,inscienceparksandiovation,inhighereducation,inurbanregeneration,inhelpforsmallbusinees.thisismodernsocialpolicy,notregulationandjobprotectionthatmaysavesomejoforatimeattheexpeeofmanyjointhefuture.
andsincethisisadayfordemolishingcaricatures,letmedemolishoneother:theideathatbritainisinthegripofsomeextremeanglo-saxonmarketphilosophythattramplesonthepooranddisadvantaged.thepresentbritishgovernmenthasintroducedthenewdealfortheunemployed,thel