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The Future of Decadent Europe
By Tony Judt | Friday, June 02, 2006
If anything, the rush of many contemporary commentators and public figures, particularly in the United States, to ignore the political origins of the welfare state reflects poorly on their understanding of Europe’s difficult past, argues Tony Judt.
The conventional wisdom holds that Europe today is economically or socially dysfunctional. According to this view, Europe — with its long vacations and generous pensions — is in many ways a better place to live than the United States — but that level of comfort cannot last."
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