Social Democratic Capitalism
Lane Kenworthy
Discover why social democratic capitalism is the key to human flourishing in this insightful book by Lane Kenworthy. Exploring a Nordic model that combines a democratic political system, capitalist economy, effective public services and big welfare state, Kenworthy demonstrates how this approach delivers improvements for the least well-off, promotes economic security and equality of opportunity, without sacrificing other important societal goals. He argues that this approach could be applied to other affluent countries, including the United States, for tangible results. Don't miss this detailed policy blueprint for a better society.
Publish Date
2019-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
2019-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4
ISBN
9780190064112
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2020-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
A very smart, well-written, well-argued book, and an argued book indeed it is. As the title suggests, Kenworthy tries to persuade the reader to embrace social democratic capitalism, but with an emphasis on what government can do, not the market. One rebuttal: responding to the Swiss experience requires far more than the two short paragraphs on pp.105-106, and furthermore Switzerland has done very well in many sectors above and beyond being a financial safe haven (which in some regards hurts those other sectors through exchange rate effects). – source