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Comment by alephnerd

> Where redistribution runs vertically and broadly, the welfare state absorbs global finance shocks...

If this was true, then the Eurozone crisis would not have been as severe as it was in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and France - all countries with broad and large social assistance programs.

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Also, the HN title is editorialized, the correct title is "Who the welfare state protects shapes a country’s financial openness"

parent alephnerd 3 months ago

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