Times Colonist: Dutch ‘Polder Model’ of sharing pain helps country agree on austerity in economic downturn

AMSTERDAM – In the U.S., tax hikes have been the subject of partisan warfare that brought the country to the very edge of a “fiscal cliff.” In southern Europe, spending cuts have led to mass protests and labour strikes.

Maybe both could learn from the Dutch — whose compromise culture has kept the country afloat throughout the economic storm.

http://www.timescolonist.com/business/dutch-polder-model-of-sharing-pain-helps-country-agree-on-austerity-in-economic-downturn-1.56156

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