Posted by
Jon on Saturday, April 07, 2007 12:56:26 PM
This was posted today at the Free Exchange blog. My first reaction is, "I don't think so". The premise seems to be that welfare states can work in Europe, but not in America, because of cultural differences. Obviously, I'm posting at Townhall, so the "not in America" rings true, but I'm not convinced it can even work in Europe. Even if Europe is working better with a welfare state, that doesn't mean it'll work as well as a markets approach. Europe's not really my beat, so I guess in the end I don't really care, but the
very next post makes more sense. Europe is going to realize someday that it's being walloped economically by the free market. The question is, can it figure it out before or after it becomes a Sharia nation through demographic shifts.