An interesting piece –
“Partanen’s
principal question is the following: What’s the best way for a modern society
to advance freedom and opportunity? She explains that Nordic governments do so
by providing social services that the U.S. government doesn’t—things like free
college education and heavily subsidized child care. Within that big question,
Partanen poses more pointed questions about contemporary life in the United
States: Is “freedom” remaining in a job you hate because you don’t want to lose
the health insurance that comes with it? Is “independence” putting your career
on hold, and relying on your partner’s income, so you can take care of a young
child when your employer doesn’t offer paid parental leave or day care is too
expensive? Is “opportunity” depending on the resources of your parents, or a
bundle of loans, to get a university degree? Is realizing the American Dream
supposed to be so stressful?”
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