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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 happier—or 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.
Price: $18.95
Pages: 336
Publisher: The New Press
Imprint: The New Press
Publication Date:
04 October 2011
ISBN: 9781595587893
Format: eBook
“Most diverting… [Geoghegan] has the great virtue of being witty and ironic—and to the point… A necessary primer.”
—Jurek Martin, Financial Times
“Clever and immensely appealing.”
—Katha Pollitt, The Nation
“All dissatisfied Americans, not just progressives, should read the book.”
—Jeremy Gantz, Alternet
“A 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
—Jurek Martin, Financial Times
“Clever and immensely appealing.”
—Katha Pollitt, The Nation
“All dissatisfied Americans, not just progressives, should read the book.”
—Jeremy Gantz, Alternet
“A 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
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.