The European Dream

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U.S.A. $25.95 Canadá $38.00 The American Dream is becoming ever more elusive. Americans are increasingly overworked, underpaid, squeezed for time, and unsure about their prospects for a better life. One-third of all Americans say they no longer even believe in the American Dream. While the American Dream is languisbing, says bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin, a new Europcan Dream is beginning to capture the attention and imagination of the world. Twenty-five nations, representing 455 millión people, have joined together to create a United States of Europe. The European Uniorís $10.5 trillión GDP now edipses that of the United States, making it the largest economy in the world. The EU is already the world's leading exporter and largest internál trading markét. Moreover, much of Europe enjoys a longer life span and greater literacy, and has less poverty and crime, less bUght and sprawl, longer vacations, and shorter commutes to work than we do in the United States. When one considers... Tovább

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U.S.A. $25.95 Canadá $38.00 The American Dream is becoming ever more elusive. Americans are increasingly overworked, underpaid, squeezed for time, and unsure about their prospects for a better life. One-third of all Americans say they no longer even believe in the American Dream. While the American Dream is languisbing, says bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin, a new Europcan Dream is beginning to capture the attention and imagination of the world. Twenty-five nations, representing 455 millión people, have joined together to create a United States of Europe. The European Uniorís $10.5 trillión GDP now edipses that of the United States, making it the largest economy in the world. The EU is already the world's leading exporter and largest internál trading markét. Moreover, much of Europe enjoys a longer life span and greater literacy, and has less poverty and crime, less bUght and sprawl, longer vacations, and shorter commutes to work than we do in the United States. When one considers what makes a people great and what constitutes a better way of life, observes Rifkin, Europe now surpasses America. More important, Europe has become a giant laboratory for rethinking humanity's future. In many respects, the European Dream is the mirror opposite of the American Dream. While the American Dream emphasizes unrestrained economic growth, personal wealth, and the pursuit of individual self-interest, the European Dream focuses more on sustainable development, quality of life, and the nurturing of community. We Americans live (and die) by the work ethic and the dictates of efficiency. Europeans place more of a prémium on leisure and even idleness. America has always seen itself as a great melting pot. Europeans, instead, prefer to preserve their rich multicultural diversity. We believe in maintaining an unrivaled müitáry presence in the world Europeans, by contrast, emphasize cooperation and consensus over go-it-alone approaches to foreign policy. Vissza