The European Dream

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"The American Dream is in decline. Americans are increasingly overworked, underpaid, and squeezed for time. But there is an alternative: the European Dream-a more leisurely, healthy, prosperous, and sustainable way of life. Europe's lifestyle is not only desirable, argues Jeremy Rifkin, but may be crucial to sustaining prosperity in the new era. With the dawn of the European Union, Europe has become an economic superpower in its own right-its GDP now surpasses that of the United States. Europe has achieved newfound dominance not by single-mindedly driving up stock prices, expanding working hours, and pressing every household into a double- wage-earner conundrum. Instead, the New Europe relies on market networks that place cooperation above competition; promotes a new sense of citizenship that extols the well-being of the whole person and the community rather than the dominant individual; and recognizes the necessity of deep play and leisure to create a better, more productive, and healthier workforce. From the medieval era to modernity, Rifkin delves deeply into the history of Europe, and eventually America, to show how the continent has succeeded in slowly and steadily developing a more adaptive, sensible way of working and living. In The European Dream, Rifkin posits a dawning truth that only the most jingoistic can ignore: Europe's flexible, communitarian model of society, business, and citizenship is better suited to the challenges of the twenty-first century. Indeed, the European Dream may come to define the new century as the American Dream defined the century now past." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2004047935-d.html.

subjects: Economic policy,  Quality of life,  Social policy,  Social aspects of Economic development,  Economic development,  Aspectos sociales,  Social aspects,  Política social,  Política económica,  Desarrollo económico,  Calidad de vida,  Foreign relations,  Zukunft,  Economische ontwikkeling,  Economische politiek,  Kwaliteit van het bestaan,  Aspect social,  Politique sociale,  Développement économique,  Politique économique,  Sociale ontwikkeling,  Qualité de la vie,  Sociale politiek,  Politics/International Relations,  Political Science,  Politics / Current Events,  Political Ideologies - Democracy,  Political Science / Democracy,  Economic development, social aspects,  Europe, social policy,  Europe, economic policy,  United states, social policy,  United states, economic policy,  Public policy,  Economics,  Economic development--social aspects,  Economic development--social aspects--europe,  Economic development--social aspects--united states,  Quality of life--europe,  Quality of life--united states,  Public policy--united states,  Hc240 .r54 2004,  306.3/094

Places: Europe,  United States,  Europa,  Estados Unidos