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Sweden is doing quite well
Firstly, Sweden is just a welfare state. They are NOT a belligerent interventionist warfare state.
The Swedish adhere to the work ethic. They don't have a gazillion children then demand that they be taken care of.
Still , their economy has been seriously damaged by socialism
Sweden, Capitalism, and the Welfare State
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Making excuses?
Swedens economy is booming and they are the most socialist of capitalist economies
Refutes your claims on the ability of socialist nations to succeed
Listen ding dong, the article was written by a Swedish citizen:
During the 1960s the social democrats radicalised. They abandoned their traditional pragmatic policies and started a large-scale expansion of the welfare state. Between 1970 and 1990 taxes increased by almost one percent point each year. Income taxes doubled between 1960 and 1990, rising from approximately 30 to 60 percent. During the 1970′s the political left viewed Swedish policies as a success. The massive expansion of the public sector reduced unemployment in the short run. Few questioned if this expansion was a sustainable policy.
"The Swedish system is in serious trouble. The Swedish economy is no longer creating jobs private sector employment has been shrinking for decades, and the public sector can no longer absorb more workers Many Swedes are pessimistic about the future, in large measure because they cannot imagine how their system can survive, yet cannot overcome the political obstacles to changing it."
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