3  or newspaper circulation per capita – both measures that place the Nordic model countries near the top in global rankings. 8 I would like to say a few more words about free competition of ideas and ideologies. It seems that this aspect of society is nowadays often ignored when discussing determinants of economic growth.
BIS central bankers’ speeches  3  Access to credit The decline in lending to Italian firms has continued, with a contraction of more than 9 per cent over the last two years after an expansion of nearly 14 per cent between the end of 2007 and the autumn of 2011.