U.S. Exceptionalism
Notes: Data are from World Bank Development Indicators. Social democratic countries include Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden; Corporatist countries include Austria, France, Germany and Italy; Liberal countries include Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the UK, and the U.S.
Notes: Data are from the World Bank Development Indicators. Social democratic countries include Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden; Corporatist countries include Austria, France, Germany and Italy; Liberal countreis include Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the UK, and the U.S.
Source: Swank, “Globalization, the Welfare State and Inequality”
Electoral systems
Federalism
Courts
Ethnic diversity
What is the strongest factor? Missing factors?
What is your vision of the “American Dream”?
Can “democratic socialism” work in the United States?