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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.
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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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