04688cam a22006015i 4500 127100 20230410115847.0 170401t20162016nyu b 001 0 eng d 19581364 acquire 1 shelf copy policy default lcc bk 2017301031 9780062316554 (OCoLC)ocn952128520 T7B eng T7B rda T7B ON8 FM0 OCLCO BUR OCLCQ VP@ YDXCP BTCTA BDX JAG JBL OCLCF OCLCO UAB OCLCO SINLB IGA NDS MTB DLC lccopycat ev----- n-us--- HN 540 P273n 2016 306.0948 Partanen, Anu, author. The Nordic theory of everything : in search of a better life / Anu Partanen. First edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] 2016 v, 418 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-397) and index. In the land of the free: Becoming American -- The Nordic theory of love: Pippi Longstocking's magic -- Family values for real: Strong individuals form a beautiful team -- How children achieve: Secrets for attaining educational success -- Healthy body, healthy mind: How universal health care could set you free -- Of us, by us, and for us: Go ahead, ask what your country can do for you -- The lands of opportunity: Bringing back the American dream -- Business as unusual: How to run a company in the twenty-first century -- The pursuit of happiness: It's time to rethink success. At a 2012 conference on social mobility, where experts discussed whether people worldwide were attaining a better life than their parents', Ed Miliband, the leader of the British Labour Party, made a surprising quip: "If you want the American dream, go to Finland." For decades, the country best known for opportunity had been the United States. No longer, said Miliband. Anu Partanen, however, had recently left Finland and moved to America for the love of her life, a man who would ultimately become her husband. Their relationship flourished, but she found that navigating the basics of everyday life -- from health insurance and taxes to education and child care -- was much more complicated and stressful than in her homeland. At first she attributed her crippling anxiety to the difficulty of adapting to a freewheeling new culture. But as she got to know Americans better, she discovered that they shared her deep apprehensions. To understand why life in Finland is so drastically different from the way things are in the United States, Partanen began to look closely at both countries. In The Nordic Theory of Everything, Partanen compares living in the United States with life in the Nordic region, focusing on four key relationships -- parents and children, men and women, employees and employers, and government and citizens. She debunks criticism that Nordic countries are socialist "nanny states," revealing instead that it is we Americans who are far more enmeshed in unhealthy dependencies than we realize. Step by step, Partanen explains how the Nordic approach allows citizens to enjoy more individual freedom and equality than we do. She wants to open Americans' eyes to how much better things can be -- to show her beloved new country what it can learn from her homeland to reinvigorate and fulfill the promise of the American dream. Civilización. Condiciones sociales. Politica social. Scandinavia Social conditions 21st century. Scandinavia Social policy. Scandinavia Civilization 21st century. United States Social conditions 21st century. United States Social policy 21st century. United States Civilization 21st century. Civilization. fast (OCoLC)fst00862898 Social conditions. fast (OCoLC)fst01919811 Social policy. fast (OCoLC)fst01122738 Scandinavia. fast (OCoLC)fst01242804 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 2000-2099 fast Social policy Scandinavia. sears Social policy United States. sears Scandinavia Social conditions. sears Scandinavia Civilization. sears United States Social conditions. sears United States Civilization. sears 49378 49378 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HN 540 P273n 2016 00000114570 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk