Employment

-Towards the "active society" by James R. Gass 4

-The great American job machine 9

-Investment, growth and jobs  13

Agriculture

Agricultural reform: A long row to hoe 16

Ministerial communique

Innovation/Technology

-What policies for innovation? Jean-Eric Aubert 20

-Videotex systems take off by Robin Mansell 23

 Taxation

-Capital taxes revisited by Kenneth Messere

Economy

-Spotlight on the United States 32

-Spotlight on Portugal 33

-Spotlight on Finland: Its economy and its environment 35

New OECD publications 38