They protect those at the bottom of the pyramid from the effects of globalization, with:
- rock-solid unions.
- socialized medicine, and MUCH lower healthcare costs. And they have much better health outcomes than we do.
- extensive unemployment benefits, which include free re-training.
In other words, they compensated their workers for the inevitable lost jobs as the world economy evolves. So they outsource, and they enter into free-trade deals, and they mechanize production....but they protect their most vulnerable citizens.