His plans "would undermine Britain's competitiveness, kill off jobs and threaten London's wealth-creating status as a leading global banking centre".
The alarm it sounded about declining competitiveness touched off a tidal wave of reforms: state standards, charter schools, alternative teacher-certification programs, more money, more test-based "accountability" and, since 2001, two big federal programs, No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top.
It is holding back economic growth and the competitiveness of French firms, scaring off foreign investors and killing job creation.In Germany the 35-hour week, introduced in the decade before 1995, is one of many factors that have raised labour costs to levels that have stifled growth and dulled productivity.
I'm still attracted by the notion, though, that his outsized supply of energy and drive and competitiveness was drained off at table, in the savoring of a decent Burgundy or the perfect crab cake.
"There is rising concern that affirmative action in jobs will erode competitiveness and put off multinational firms," said Partha Iyengar, vice president for research at the Indian operations of Gartner Inc., a technology research and consulting company.
And if the euro zone ceased to exist, the ECB would have nothing to be orthodox about.Remember, though, that even this action would only buy time for Europe's troubled economies to resume the relentless slog of regaining competitiveness and working off their debts.
I guess Kendrick's competitiveness is rubbing off, even if it's rubbing some the wrong way.
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"His competitiveness is off the charts," Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler said.
