Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had read this and had any critical comments...thanks in advance:
The Limits of Policy DAVID BROOKS May 3, 2010 Roughly a century ago, many Swedes immigrated to America. They’ve done very well here. Only about 6.7 percent of Swedish-Americans live in poverty. Also a century ago, many Swedes decided to remain in Sweden. They’ve done well there, too. When two economists calculated Swedish poverty rates according to the American standard, they found that 6.7 percent of the Swedes in Sweden were living in poverty. In other words, you had two groups with similar historical backgrounds living in entirely different political systems, and the poverty outcomes were the same.... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/opinion/04brooks.html _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
