I'm not sure I understand the impetus for articles like this. It's the same as the articles arguing why Taiwan's education system is better than the US' or arg

I'm not sure I understand the impetus for articles like this. It's the same as the articles arguing why Taiwan's education system is better than the US' or arguing that Canada's healthcare system is better. Certainly it is valuable and important to understand foreign policy systems and lessons can be learned from these observations. But it is equally important to remember that they are foreign systems. I am yet to be presented with an example of a foreign system that would directly transport to the US and be equally successful. The US has problems in healthcare, in education and possibly in its economic systems, but non of it is a result (at least in my opinion) of picking the wrong policy system. Largely the policy systems countries choose are based on the demographic, values, economic values, etc. Germany's economic systems work for Germany because they are build for Germany. I recognize that this article is not directly making the argument that the US should convert to a German style trade and employment system, but it implied multiple times. I would appreciate articles like this much more if they focused more on exploring the system for itself and less time comparing it to the system in the US. Having said all that, Germany's co-determination system, as described in the article, is an interesting concept. I guess the down side would be a fear of causing separation between the interests of labor leaders and labor workers.