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Becoming Europe
Samuel Gregg
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Description for Becoming Europe
Hardcover.
"We're becoming like Europe." This expression captures many Americans' sense that something has changed in American economic life since the Great Recession's onset in 2008: that an economy once characterized by commitments to economic liberty, rule of law, limited government, and personal responsibility has drifted in a distinctly "European" direction. Americans see, across the Atlantic, European economies faltering under enormous debt; overburdened welfare states; governments controlling close to fifty percent of the economy; high taxation; heavily regulated labor markets; aging populations; and large numbers of public-sector workers. They also see a European political class seemingly unable--and, in some cases, ... Read more
"We're becoming like Europe." This expression captures many Americans' sense that something has changed in American economic life since the Great Recession's onset in 2008: that an economy once characterized by commitments to economic liberty, rule of law, limited government, and personal responsibility has drifted in a distinctly "European" direction. Americans see, across the Atlantic, European economies faltering under enormous debt; overburdened welfare states; governments controlling close to fifty percent of the economy; high taxation; heavily regulated labor markets; aging populations; and large numbers of public-sector workers. They also see a European political class seemingly unable--and, in some cases, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781594036378
SKU
V9781594036378
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99-15
About Samuel Gregg
Samuel Gregg is director of research at the Acton Institute. He is the author of many books, including On Ordered Liberty (2003), his prize-winning The Commercial Society (2007), and Wilhelm Ropke's Political Economy (2010). He lectures regularly in America and Europe on topics encompassing political economy, economic culture, and morality and the economy. His writing has appeared in academic journals ... Read more
Reviews for Becoming Europe
"Gregg spotlights the perils of American progressive arrogance so clearly they can no longer be denied or ignored. His logic is incontrovertible. Every economist, historian and politician should read Becoming Europe."
Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man and Coolidge. "Becoming Europe might not sound so bad: old buildings, long lunches, generous welfare. But, believe me my friends, it's ... Read more
Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man and Coolidge. "Becoming Europe might not sound so bad: old buildings, long lunches, generous welfare. But, believe me my friends, it's ... Read more