Were you born on the wrong continent? : how the European model can help you get a life / Thomas Geoghegan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geoghegan, Thomas, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism--Europe.

Socialism.

Well-being--Europe.

Well-being.

Europe--Economic conditions--21st century.

Europe.

Europe--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2010.

Summary:

Try to imagine your life in a full-blown European social democracy, especially the German version. Free public goods, a bit of worker control, and whopping trade surpluses? Social democracy doesn't sound too bad. Were You Born on the Wrong Continent? reveals where you might have been happier-or at least had time off to be unhappy properly. It explains why Americans should pay attention to Germany, where ordinary people can work three hundred to four hundred hours a year less than we do and still have one of the most competitive economies in the world.

Contents:

Title Page; Praise; ALSO BY THOMAS GEOGHEGAN; Dedication; Preface; PART ONE - Which Side of Paradise?; 1 - I Know No Europeans; 2 - Where You'd Be Happier-Or, the Story of Isabel and Barbara; 1. Jobs; 2. Retirement; 3. Tuition; 4. Child Care; 5. Parent Care; 3 - I'm Sorry I Picked the Germans; 1. Germany Is Big!; 2. Germany Is Industry!; 3. Germany Is Socialism!; 4. Germany Is Print (Sort of, Still)!; 5. Germany Is Green!; 6. Germany Is Dark!; PART TWO - Berlin Diary; Preface; 4 - Germany Is Dark; 5 - Clash of Civilizations; 6 - After the Krise (2009); A Diary Postscript; Acknowledgments

IndexCopyright Page

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613304735

9781283304733

1283304732

9781595587893

1595587896

OCLC:

756484327