Capitalisms compared : welfare, work, and business / John R. Bowman, Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
"How different would Americans' lives be if they had guaranteed access to health care, generous public pensions, paid family leave, high-quality public pre-school care, increased rights at work, and a greater say in how corporations are run?This one-of-a-kind book emphasizes that differenc...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Comparing political economies : markets, politics, and institutions ; Welfare states : welfare state or social security state? ; "Varieties of capitalism : business institutions and strategies ; The plan of this book
- Health Policy. Is health care a commodity? ; Germany : Private practice and universal coverage ; Sweden : a right to high quality health care ; United States : incomplete coverage through private and public insurance ; Comparing systems and outcomes
- Pension policy. Paying as you go : where do pensions come from? ; Germany : earnings-related public pensions ; Sweden : public pensions with "notional" accounting ; United States : a public-private pension mix with precarious retirement ; Comparing systems and outcomes
- Family policy. Bringing families back in ; Sweden : paid parental leaves and universal public child care ; Germany : moving beyond the male breadwinner model ; United States : juggling work and family through the market ; Comparing policies and outcomes
- The labor market. Human effort as a commodity : the distinctive features of labor markets ; Sweden : flexible centralization? Germany : codetermination and coordinated bargaining ; United States : bargaining among unequals ; Comparing systems and outcomes
- Corporate governance and finance. In whose interests? Shareholders versus stakeholders ; United States : stock market capitalism run amok? ; Germany : patient capital and bank control ; Sweden : capitalist enterprise without capitalists? ; The financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its aftermath ; Conclusion
- The viability of alternative forms of capitalism. Globalization and the economic feasibility of alternative capitalisms ; Neoliberalism and the political feasibility of alternative capitalisms ; Conclusion : but not in the United States?