The Scandinavian-Welfare Myth Revisited

Posted on 3/9/2010 by Liberty Pulse with 0 comments

The Scandinavian-Welfare Myth Revisited

Obama seems hell-bent on expanding the US welfare state at any cost, and of course no welfare-state debate is complete without bringing up the Scandinavian countries as the perfect example of massive statism bringing prosperity. This seems to be a real conundrum, even for Austrians and other libertarians. Being a citizen of Sweden myself, I am often asked to give an explanation of these “bumblebee economies” that aren’t supposed to be able to fly but still do…

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