Were You Born On The Wrong Continent?

How the European Model Can Help You Get a Life

AvThomas Geoghegan

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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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 happieror 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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-10-20
Mått:140 x 210 x 28 mm
Vikt:412 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:The New Press
ISBN:9781595587060

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Thomas Geoghegan is a practicing attorney and the author of several books, including See You in Court, In America’s Court, and the National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Which Side Are You On? (all available from The New Press). He has written for The Nation, the New York Times, and Harper’s. He lives in Chicago.

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Most diverting [Geoghegan] has the great virtue of being witty and ironic—and to the point A necessary primer.”—Jurek Martin, Financial TimesClever and immensely appealing.”—Katha Pollitt, The NationAll dissatisfied Americans, not just progressives, should read the book.”—Jeremy Gantz, AlternetA travelogue, self-discovery prose and business book all at once written with humor and candor, making for an easy, fun read.”—Courtney Crowder, Chicago Tribune

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Preface: I’m No European Socialist”Part One: Which Side of Paradise?1. I Know No Europeans2. Where You’d Be HappierOr, the Story of Isabel and Barbara3. I’m Sorry I Picked the GermansPart Two: Berlin DiaryPreface4. Germany Is Dark5. Clash of Civilizations6. After the Krise (2009)Afterword to the Paperback EditionAcknowledgmentsIndex