It was raining when we pulled up in front of a low, nondescript factory in Tver, two hours’ drive northeast of Moscow. The Tveris glass plant, built as a state enterprise, was celebrating its first anniversary of employee ownership. Tveris …
The welfare state was designed for a more insular world, a time when national policies were effective because the nation was the relevant unit. But that is now a subject for history classes. We have all been drawn into a …
The international economic crisis that began in 1973-74 demonstrated the value of the welfare state everywhere in the West. It cushioned the shock for both the individual and the economy, and it helped avoid the abject misery and political extremism …
