New at Reason: Michael C. Moynihan on the New York Times's Perfect Welfare State

May 21, 2009

In these times of economic uncertainty, America's ever-curious journalists are seeking out alternatives to Anglo-American capitalism and finding them in the happy and healthy states of Western Europe. The New York Times wonders "whether some form of [the Dutch system] could be adopted" in the United States. The following week the Times offered an A1 story on the wonderful success of Norway, under the unambiguous headline, "Thriving Norway Provides an Economics Lesson." But Michael C. Moynihan wonders how successful—and social democratic—these countries really are.

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