“If you get to know European socialism, you might just like it.”
In These Times reviews “Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?”
“Geoghegan’s particular genius is for making public policy, economics and labor relations entertaining while also transforming them into moral imperatives of the utmost importance.”
“Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?”
It’s not just that European social democracy is “nicer” and would make us happier. It may be that only with some form of it can our own country globally compete—or even just keep going without repeated financial crashes and crack-ups.
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