Peter A Swenson: 1 book
Capitalists Against Markets
The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2002
Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements. Swenson makes the startling argument that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above, taking into account capitalist interests...
