Question: 1. a. Make the argument that America's free market economy is better for children than the welfare state approach in northern Europe.
b. Do you think that argument is correct? That is, do you think children are better off in America's free market or in northern Europe's welfare state? Explain.
2. The intellectual Adolph Berle once said, "A day may come when national glory and prestige, perhaps even national safety, are best established by a country's being the most beautiful, the best socially organized, or culturally the most advanced in the world."163
a. Is government intervention necessary to achieving Berle's goal? Explain.
b. If faced with a choice, would most Americans opt for Berle's model or for a nation preeminent in consumer goods, sports, and general comfort? Explain.