Η αγωνία της σύγκλισης: Γράμμα από την απέναντι όχθη του Ατλαντικού
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Αντιγράφω επιστολή (Αμερικανού) αναγνώστη με τίτλο “From cradle to grave — the transatlantic welfare gap” που δημοσιεύθηκε στην Φαϊνάνσιαλ Τάιμς της 27 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024. Τα σχόλια μάλλον περιττεύουν.
“Janan Ganesh (‘Why Europe will not catch up with the US’, Opinion, September 19) notes the ‘transatlantic divergence in material outcomes’.
But the ‘material outcomes’ he cites are more unequally distributed in the US, and per capita averages belie the daily experience of so many Americans.
European families, oblivious to the idea that becoming ill can lead to personal bankruptcy, are provided with early childhood day care and enjoy annual leave that Americans can barely comprehend.
Most Americans can only dream of the benefits that Europeans take for granted, regardless of where they stand — or fall — in the income distribution.
In many ways — reverting to the headline on Ganesh’s piece — it should be the US that might hope to catch up Europe!”
NICHOLAS MULDER Governments are taking over private enterprises and resources at the fastest pace in 50 years. Based on the past century’s multiple waves of
Bernhard Bartels, Barry Eichengreen, Julian Schumacher, Beatrice Weder di Mauro The fiscal dominance view holds that politically captured central banks are more likely to be
Η αγωνία της σύγκλισης: Γράμμα από την απέναντι όχθη του Ατλαντικού
poleconomix.gr
Αντιγράφω επιστολή (Αμερικανού) αναγνώστη με τίτλο “From cradle to grave — the transatlantic welfare gap” που δημοσιεύθηκε στην Φαϊνάνσιαλ Τάιμς της 27 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024. Τα σχόλια μάλλον περιττεύουν.
“Janan Ganesh (‘Why Europe will not catch up with the US’, Opinion, September 19) notes the ‘transatlantic divergence in material outcomes’.
But the ‘material outcomes’ he cites are more unequally distributed in the US, and per capita averages belie the daily experience of so many Americans.
European families, oblivious to the idea that becoming ill can lead to personal bankruptcy, are provided with early childhood day care and enjoy annual leave that Americans can barely comprehend.
Most Americans can only dream of the benefits that Europeans take for granted, regardless of where they stand — or fall — in the income distribution.
In many ways — reverting to the headline on Ganesh’s piece — it should be the US that might hope to catch up Europe!”
Sim Gurewitz
El Cerrito, CA, US
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