New York Times, December 3, 2013, Tuesday

New York Times

December 3, 2013, Tuesday

New York Times (full article)

Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe

Lowell Turner, who heads the Worker Institute at Cornell University, argues that there has always been a tension between the European Union’s economic project — centered on creating a vast single market — and the Continent’s deep-rooted commitment to social equity. The crisis put a thumb on the scales. “For a year or two governments protected their workers,” he said. But “the balance has tipped away from social Europe.”