POLS 1202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Human Capital, Varieties Of Capitalism
1 Dec 2018
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All agree u. s. is different from scandinavia. Clusters differ somewhat by time period, program, indicator. Government ideology and connections to labor (power resource theory) In general: workers who face risks want welfare. Rich, those who think they are upwardly mobile do not. But there are also country-specific risks that affect policies. If hard work is rewarded, poverty is the individual"s fault. Alesina and la ferrara (2005) argue prospects for upwards mobility leads to support for welfare cuts. Many scholars argue that class mobility is high in u. s. , thus explaining why we have smaller welfare state. Develop techniques that the next two groups may then perfect. Develop a group of firms doing increasingly precise stuff. Develop a workforce that knows your procedures. Different types of economies create different kinds of risks for: Risks require different types of safety nets. Japan uses firms fo fulfill many of the roles of the state.
