tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post8155740710749483918..comments2024-02-25T03:15:48.893-05:00Comments on News and Views by Chris Barat: Book Review: THE NARCISSISM OF MINOR DIFFERENCES: HOW AMERICA AND EUROPE ARE ALIKE, AN ESSAY IN NUMBERS by Peter Baldwin (Oxford, 2009)Chris Barathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-38822354620542333482010-06-10T21:57:13.164-04:002010-06-10T21:57:13.164-04:00Chuck,
Yes, I think you'd enjoy it, though it...Chuck,<br /><br />Yes, I think you'd enjoy it, though it's somewhat dry. Baldwin makes some strong points. The only time he really veers into "wonk-speak" is when he plumps for universal health care in the US.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-75520225081712029132010-06-08T11:32:29.539-04:002010-06-08T11:32:29.539-04:00Here's a conversation that you and I should ha...Here's a conversation that you and I should have sometime in the hopefully not-too-distant future. The contrasts between the 1960's northern Europe (the one I experienced) and what I have since seen and experienced prove greatly how much America and Europe have grown together in lifestyle, if not always in thought.<br /><br />The interesting differences, in a pithy blog-size summary, include scale of lifestyle (aka the Genie from Aladdin's "itty bitty living space"), perceptions of amount of tax paid and where it goes, and perceptions of race of which I am certain that a few well-worded statistical inquiries among the general European population would raise a few eyebrows from both the liberal and conservative sides of the fence.<br /><br />(Obviously I'd like to read this book.)Chuck Munsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02815223305362131302noreply@blogger.com