Industrial poverty : yesterday Sweden, today Europe, tomorrow America / / by Sven R. Larson ; foreword by Michael Tanner

• Autore: Larson Sven R. <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Farnham, Surrey, [England] ; ; Burlington, [Vermont] : , : Gower Publishing Limited, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.94
• Soggetto topico: Economic development - Europe; Financial crises - Europe; Welfare state - Europe
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Economic conditions 21st century; Europe Social policy; Europe Economic policy
• Persona (resp. second.): TannerMichael
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Author Biography; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Nature of the European Crisis; 2 Sweden: Austerity Gone Wrong; 3 Industrial Poverty; 4a Europe in 2012: Entering the Economic Wasteland; 4b Europe in 2012: Deeper into the Crisis; 5 Can Austerity Work?; 6 Way Forward; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Conventional wisdom says that Europe's crisis is a financial crisis. But is this really the case? In Industrial Poverty, economist Sven R. Larson, challenges this view and suggests instead that Europe is in a state of permanent economic decline. Using Sweden in the 1990's as an example, he shows how a welfare-state crisis combined with the wrong kind of austerity policies replaces prosperity with industrial poverty. Today, Europe is going through the same transition into industrial poverty. Tomorrow, it could be the United States, unless Congress and the President take decisive action against
• Titolo autorizzato: Industrial poverty
• ISBN: 0-415-78965-6; 1-315-58842-0; 1-317-11707-7; 1-317-11706-9; 1-4724-3933-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812064403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II