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Lakey, George.
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Welfare state -- Scandinavia.
Social service -- Scandinavia.
Work-life balance -- Scandinavia.
Equality -- Scandinavia.
Taxation -- Scandinavia.
Multiculturalism -- Scandinavia.
Scandinavia -- Social policy.
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Lakey, George.
Welfare state -- Scandinavia.
Social service -- Scandinavia.
Work-life balance -- Scandinavia.
Equality -- Scandinavia.
Taxation -- Scandinavia.
Multiculturalism -- Scandinavia.
Scandinavia -- Social policy.
MARC Display
Viking
economics
:
how
the
Scandinavians
got
it
right--
and
how
we
can
,
too
/ George Lakey.
by
Lakey, George.
Melville House, [2016]
Call #:
330.948 L192v
Subjects
Welfare state -- Scandinavia.
Social service -- Scandinavia.
Work-life balance -- Scandinavia.
Equality -- Scandinavia.
Taxation -- Scandinavia.
Multiculturalism -- Scandinavia.
Scandinavia -- Social policy.
ISBN:
9781612195360 (hc.)
Edition:
1st Edition.
Description:
x, 287 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-287).
Summary:
"An academic and activist takes an entertaining look at the Nordic welfare state - and shows us
how
we
,
too
,
can
have a far more equal and just economic system In America. Many Democrats invoke Scandinavia as a promised land of equality, while most Republicans fear it as a hotbed of liberty-threatening socialism. But the left and right
can
usually agree on one thing: that the Nordic system is impossible to replicate here at home. The US is
too
big, or
too
individualistic, or
too
puritan, or
too
something. Whatever the reason, it's impossible, and
we
shouldn't bother to try. Enter George Lakey. A longtime activist and academic, Lakey has spent decades studying the economies of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland, and in
Viking
Economics
,he reveals that Scandinavia's deep commitment to the welfare state is much more recent than
we
think. Not long ago, Scandinavia was a far more unequal place, with a much weaker commitment to the social welfare of its citizens. As the author ranges from twentieth-century Norwegian history to the details of Swedish childcare policies, he never loses his sense of humor or his expansive, generous vision of a better, more equal future. By explaining that even Scandinavia's grandest experiments in social equality are rooted in recent political struggles, Lakey explains shows
how
we
can
do it,
too
- conventional wisdom be damned. George Lakey is Visiting Professor and Research Fellow, Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility, Swarthmore College"--Provided by publisher.
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