Capitalists Against Markets: The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden

ISBN-10: 0199872198
ISBN-13: 9780199872190
Series: Capitalists Against Markets
Pages: 448
Language: English
Published: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: Peter A. Swenson

Description

Annotation Captialists Against Markets challenges the conventional wisdom that welfare state builders took their cues from labor and other progressive interests. Instead, Peter Swenson argues, pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above, taking into accountcapitalists interests and preferences. With original theory and surprising historical evidence, Capitalists Against Markets illuminates the political conditions for greater economic equality and social security in capitalist societies.