Down and Out in Post-Nokia Finland (opens in new tab)

(businessweek.com)

4 pointsmellery45111y ago2 comments

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what I find most interesting is the pro-active safety net for laid-off workers and a culture that permits and encourages people to train for a different job as needed. In the U.S., by contrast, you are expected to feel shame and desperation when you lose a job.

forca11y ago

Should that the US have such a great work culture as the Finns enjoy. Sadly, the right wing in the country hate anything that smacks of the evil of "socialism". I grew up in Europe, so what the Finns have is default for my way of thinking.

One of the issues here is the American "left" is still too business friendly to get anything done.

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mellery451OP11y ago

forca11y ago

One of the issues here is the American "left" is still too business friendly to get anything done.

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