Als Nederland tijdens de crisis de economische prestaties van België

had kunnen evenaren dan lag ons nationaal inkomen nu 25 miljard

hoger, hadden we inmiddels een situatie van begrotingsevenwicht

en hadden we een kwart miljoen extra voltijdsbanen gerealiseerd.

Ook in vergelijking met verschillende andere Europese landen zijn

de economische prestaties van Nederland tijdens de crisis bedroevend

te noemen.

In dit boek laat Taco van Hoek overtuigend zien dat de oorzaak hiervan

vooral moet worde...

A chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century

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