ISBN: 9781595584038 - were you born on the wrong continent?: how the european model can help you get a life (22 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The acclaimed labor lawyer and prizewinning author Thomas Geoghegan asks: where are we better offAmerica or Europe? In an idiosyncratic, entertaining travelogue that plays on public policy, Geoghegan asks what our lives would be like if we lived them as Europeans. Sneaking out of his workaholic American life, he takes five trips where he tries to understand so-called European socialism firsthand. Though he first tries France (which has become a rhetorical stand-in for the continent as a whole in many Americans' minds), he eventually ventures into Germany to see what some call the "boring" Europe. There he finds the true "other"an economic model with more bottom-up worker control than that of any other country in the worldand argues that, while we have to take Germany?s problems seriously, we also have to look seriously at how much it has achieved. Social democracy may let us live nicer lives; it also may be the only way to be globally competitive. This wry, timely book helps us understand why the European model, contrary to popular neoliberal wisdom, may thrive well into the twenty-first century without compromising its citizens' ease of livingand be the best example for the United States to follow. Germany is more generous than the U.S.: The average number of paid vacation days in the U.S. is 13, versus Germany?s 35New mothers in the U.S. get three months of unpaid job-protected leave and only if they work for a company of 50 or more employees, while Germany mandates four months? paid leave and will pay parents 67% of their salary to stay home for up to 14 months to care for a newborn.U.S. life expectancy is 50th in the world, compared to Germany?s 32nd. …

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The acclaimed labor lawyer and prizewinning author Thomas Geoghegan asks: where are we better offAmerica or Europe? In an idiosyncratic, entertaining travelogue that plays on public policy, Geoghegan asks what our lives would be like if we lived them as Europeans. Sneaking out of his workaholic American life, he takes five trips where he tries to understand so-called European socialism firsthand. Though he first tries France (which has become a rhetorical stand-in for the continent as a whole in many Americans' minds), he eventually ventures into Germany to see what some call the "boring" Europe. There he finds the true "other"an economic model with more bottom-up worker control than that of any other country in the worldand argues that, while we have to take Germany?s problems seriously, we also have to look seriously at how much it has achieved. Social democracy may let us live nicer lives; it also may be the only way to be globally competitive. This wry, timely book helps us understand why the European model, contrary to popular neoliberal wisdom, may thrive well into the twenty-first century without compromising its citizens' ease of livingand be the best example for the United States to follow. Germany is more generous than the U.S.: The average number of paid vacation days in the U.S. is 13, versus Germany?s 35New mothers in the U.S. get three months of unpaid job-protected leave and only if they work for a company of 50 or more employees, while Germany mandates four months? paid leave and will pay parents 67% of their salary to stay home for up to 14 months to care for a newborn.U.S. life expectancy is 50th in the world, compared to Germany?s 32nd.…

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Hardback. Zustand: Good. The acclaimed labor lawyer and prizewinning author Thomas Geoghegan asks: where are we better offAmerica or Europe? In an idiosyncratic, entertaining travelogue that plays on public policy, Geoghegan asks what our lives would be like if we lived them as Europeans. Sneaking out of his workaholic American life, he takes five trips where he tries to understand so-called European socialism firsthand. Though he first tries France (which has become a rhetorical stand-in for the continent as a whole in many Americans' minds), he eventually ventures into Germany to see what some call the "boring" Europe. There he finds the true "other"an economic model with more bottom-up worker control than that of any other country in the worldand argues that, while we have to take Germany?s problems seriously, we also have to look seriously at how much it has achieved. Social democracy may let us live nicer lives; it also may be the only way to be globally competitive. This wry, timely book helps us understand why the European model, contrary to popular neoliberal wisdom, may thrive well into the twenty-first century without compromising its citizens' ease of livingand be the best example for the United States to follow. Germany is more generous than the U.S.: The average number of paid vacation days in the U.S. is 13, versus Germany?s 35New mothers in the U.S. get three months of unpaid job-protected leave and only if they work for a company of 50 or more employees, while Germany mandates four months? paid leave and will pay parents 67% of their salary to stay home for up to 14 months to care for a newborn.U.S. life expectancy is 50th in the world, compared to Germany?s 32nd.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The acclaimed labor lawyer and prizewinning author Thomas Geoghegan asks: where are we better offAmerica or Europe? In an idiosyncratic, entertaining travelogue that plays on public policy, Geoghegan asks what our lives would be like if we lived them as Europeans. Sneaking out of his workaholic American life, he takes five trips where he tries to understand so-called European socialism firsthand. Though he first tries France (which has become a rhetorical stand-in for the continent as a whole in many Americans' minds), he eventually ventures into Germany to see what some call the "boring" Europe. There he finds the true "other"an economic model with more bottom-up worker control than that of any other country in the worldand argues that, while we have to take Germany?s problems seriously, we also have to look seriously at how much it has achieved. Social democracy may let us live nicer lives; it also may be the only way to be globally competitive. This wry, timely book helps us understand why the European model, contrary to popular neoliberal wisdom, may thrive well into the twenty-first century without compromising its citizens' ease of livingand be the best example for the United States to follow. Germany is more generous than the U.S.: The average number of paid vacation days in the U.S. is 13, versus Germany?s 35New mothers in the U.S. get three months of unpaid job-protected leave and only if they work for a company of 50 or more employees, while Germany mandates four months? paid leave and will pay parents 67% of their salary to stay home for up to 14 months to care for a newborn.U.S. life expectancy is 50th in the world, compared to Germany?s 32nd. …

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Explains why the worker-friendly European model for employment, especially that of Germany, may thrive well into the twenty-first century without compromising its citizens' ease of living--and may actually be the best example for the United States to follow.--[source unknown]. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.…

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