Were You Born On The Wrong Continent?: How the European Model Can Help You Get a Life - Softcover

[C]lever and immensely appealing.
--"The Nation"

Witty and ironic--and to the point. . . . [A] necessary primer.
--"Financial Times"

Geoghegan's passing comments are entertaining and his acerbic wit fun as he buttresses his case with hard facts. . . . [P]olitical economics with a human face.
--"Chicago Tribune"

[T]ruly eye-opening.
--"St. Petersburg Times"

Geoghegan . . . once again entertains and instructs us. And by showing that a more humane form of capitalism is not only possible but actually succeeding in the heart of Europe, he also gives us hope.
--"Alternet"
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"

"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

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.