The World We're in

Will Hutton widens his perspective to look at the current state of the world and to call for Britain and Europe to offer an alternative to the American Way. Only by making Europe a strong bloc, he argues, can we have the levarage to influence the USA and make Europe a safer, more prosperous place.

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Widening his perspective from country (examined in previous volume, "The State We're In") to world, Will Hutton calls for Britain and Europe to offer alternatives to the American Way. Under President Bush America has been forthright in it's isolationism - until the attack on the World Trade Center - but whatever happens next, it is undoubtedly true that Bush will pursue a policy of America first. Hutton argues for a countervailing balance - economically and socially - to the American model. Only, he argues, by making Europe a strong bloc - and that means adopting the euro - will we have the levarage to influence the USA as we would wish, in an attempt to make Europe a safer, more prosperous place.