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Almost twenty years ago, Jelle Visser and Anton Hemerijck published the book A Dutch Miracle. Job Growth, Welfare Reform and Corporatism in the Netherlands with Amsterdam University Press. At that time, the Dutch economy was doing well compared to many other countries, which raised the question of what the Dutch were doing right and what others could learn from them. Visser and Hemerijck linked the miracle to Dutch corporatism – the polder model – and the learning capacity of the three actors involved: trade unions, employer organizations and the government. The learning capacity manifested itself in, among other things, wage moderation and welfare state reforms, which generated positive outcomes not least with regard to the labor market, i.e. low unemployment and job growth. Back in 1997, Visser and Hemerijck published an excellent book with the perfect timing. The changes to the political and economic context of the Dutch economy since have been enormous and the financial crisis and its aftermath is probably the most significant change. So it is definitely time to revisit the Dutch miracle; actually it is surprising that nobody has done so before. The book, which is edited by Maarten Keune, revisits the discussions raised by Visser and Hemerijck almost twenty years ago and sticks with their focus on the situation of Dutch corporatism. This is assessed using the concepts of output and input legitimacy and by looking at different forms of representation with regard to the actors involved in the polder model as laid out in the introduction. Various aspects of these questions are then taken up by the individual chapters. There is a lot to learn from the book about how Dutch corporatism and more broadly the Dutch political economy has developed. As the introduction concludes, the Dutch miracle is over. The polder model still has some clear comparative advantages, but it is also challenged. In terms of out‐ put legitimacy, the Netherlands is doing fine in terms of for instance unemploy‐ ment and public finances, but less well in terms of for instance the number of full-times jobs. In terms of input legitimacy, there are clear challenges for all actors involved. Trade unions are constantly losing members; corporatist bargain‐ ing typically takes place behind closed doors, and the legitimacy and transparency of the process are challenged.

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The Dutch Miracle revisited. Discussion of Nog steeds een mirakel? De legitimiteit van het poldermodel in de eenentwintigste eeuw, edited by Maarten Keune.