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The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

de Anu Partanen

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A Finnish journalist, now a naturalized American citizen, asks Americans to draw on elements of the Nordic way of life to nurture a fairer, happier, more secure, and less stressful society for themselves and their children.

Moving to America in 2008, Finnish journalist Anu Partanen quickly went from confident, successful professional to wary, self-doubting mess. She found that navigating the basics of everyday lifeâ??from buying a cell phone and filing taxes to education and childcareâ??was much more complicated and stressful than anything she encountered in her homeland. At first, she attributed her crippling anxiety to the difficulty of adapting to a freewheeling new culture. But as she got to know Americans better, she discovered they shared her deep apprehension. To understand why life is so different in the U.S. and Finland, Partanen began to look closely at both.

In The Nordic Theory of Everything, Partanen compares and contrasts life in the United States with life in the Nordic region, focusing on four key relationshipsâ??parents and children, men and women, employees and employers, and government and citizens. She debunks criticism that Nordic countries are socialist "nanny states," revealing instead that it is we Americans who are far more enmeshed in unhealthy dependencies than we realize. As Partanen explains step by step, the Nordic approach allows citizens to enjoy more individual freedom and independence than we do.

Partanen wants to open Americans' eyes to how much better things can beâ??to show her beloved new country what it can learn from her homeland to reinvigorate and fulfill the promise of the American dreamâ??to provide the opportunity to live a healthy, safe, economically secure, upwardly mobile life for everyone. Offering insights, advice, and solutions, The Nordic Theory of Everything makes a convincing argument that we can rebuild our society, rekindle our optimism, and restore true freedom to our relationships… (mais)

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A great overview of how Finland and Nordic countries in general have made different policy decisions that support individual freedom by reducing financial dependency on family -- education through college is free (students even receive stipends) as is retirement including long-term care; employers -- health care is provided by the state, generous unemployment benefits which are tied to prior salary so never having a good job is not a good life plan. ( )
  Castinet | Dec 11, 2022 |
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. I also received a print ARC through the Goodreads First Reads program.
  fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
As a Finn, I know how "great" our system is and support it wholeheartedly. However, this book could (and should?) have been a blog or a piece in a journal, because it really only has one point which is repeated over and over for 6+ hours.
I completely agree that our sytem is way better, but the author really lacks any criticism towards the systems and parts of the text are really misinformed if not completely untruthful. Few random experiences here and there do not really make anything credible.

Also, I neve want to hear about the Nordic theory of love again. Ever.

Oh, and the narrator was a bit awful: I undertand if no one who could pronounce Finnish was available, but i really detest chanigng to al ower pitch when "speaking as a man". Shudder. ( )
  Iira | Sep 26, 2021 |
This book gave me so much to think about. She plays the greatest hits of aspects of American society that have never made much sense to me, and contrasts our lifestyles with those of her home country, Finland. Why in the USA are women forced back to work so early after giving birth? Why do we have such a patchwork of uneven child care? Why are our schools focusing so early on academics, rather than allowing children to play and experience the world while young? Why are we so focused on testing, rather than real learning? And I don't even have room for all of the questions I have about our still vastly unfair health care system. or our workaholic lifestyles. These are not new concerns for me. These are things I have wondered about for decades.

This book gives me insight into another way of doing things, also not perfect, but far ahead in terms of providing a secure existence for its citizens. I think this very important book will open the eyes of many Americans, and encourage us to demand a better life from our system of government. ( )
1 vote peggybr | Apr 19, 2021 |
Part rage against America, part memoir of a young pampered woman who just discovered the outside world. Dripping with condescension and full of trite slogans. ( )
  Paul_S | Dec 23, 2020 |
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Politics. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:

A Finnish journalist, now a naturalized American citizen, asks Americans to draw on elements of the Nordic way of life to nurture a fairer, happier, more secure, and less stressful society for themselves and their children.

Moving to America in 2008, Finnish journalist Anu Partanen quickly went from confident, successful professional to wary, self-doubting mess. She found that navigating the basics of everyday lifeâ??from buying a cell phone and filing taxes to education and childcareâ??was much more complicated and stressful than anything she encountered in her homeland. At first, she attributed her crippling anxiety to the difficulty of adapting to a freewheeling new culture. But as she got to know Americans better, she discovered they shared her deep apprehension. To understand why life is so different in the U.S. and Finland, Partanen began to look closely at both.

In The Nordic Theory of Everything, Partanen compares and contrasts life in the United States with life in the Nordic region, focusing on four key relationshipsâ??parents and children, men and women, employees and employers, and government and citizens. She debunks criticism that Nordic countries are socialist "nanny states," revealing instead that it is we Americans who are far more enmeshed in unhealthy dependencies than we realize. As Partanen explains step by step, the Nordic approach allows citizens to enjoy more individual freedom and independence than we do.

Partanen wants to open Americans' eyes to how much better things can beâ??to show her beloved new country what it can learn from her homeland to reinvigorate and fulfill the promise of the American dreamâ??to provide the opportunity to live a healthy, safe, economically secure, upwardly mobile life for everyone. Offering insights, advice, and solutions, The Nordic Theory of Everything makes a convincing argument that we can rebuild our society, rekindle our optimism, and restore true freedom to our relationships

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