Geoghegan, Thomas, 1949-

Were you born on the wrong continent? : how the European model can help you get a life / Thomas Geoghegan. - New York, N.Y. : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2010. - xi, 318 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes index.

I'm no "European socialist" -- pt. 1. Which side of paradise? : I know no Europeans ; Where you'd be happier, or, the story of Isabel and Barbara ; I'm sorry I picked the Germans -- pt. 2. Berlin diary : Germany is dark ; Clash of civilizations ; After the Krise (2009).

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].

9781595584038 (hardback) 159558403X (hardback)

2010010889


Socialism--Europe.
Well-being--Europe.
Socialismo--Europa.
Economía del bienestar--Europa.


Europe--Social conditions--21st century.
Europe--Economic conditions--21st century.
Europa--Condiciones sociales--Siglo XXI.

HX 238.5 / G345w 2010

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