Sweeden

And when they throw in Sweeden as an example, tell them Sweeden, in spite of their social policies, is in the final analysis, a capaitalist economy, not socialist.

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You can either have an economy like the U.S. or modern China, with lots of mobility but lots of income inequality, or you can have Norway or Sweeden, with little inequality, but little growth and thus little mobility.

The Poor Get Richer, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

While I've never been to Denmark (well, the Amsterdam airport, but that doesn't count), I have been to many other supposedly superior countries like Sweeden, Canada, etc.

The Immigration Indicator, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Oreilly also said 53% of Democrats have a favorable view of Socialism mentioning China and Cuba as examples of Socialist nations when most of us think Sweeden when we think Socialism.

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I also like how Sweeden still manages to rank up there, even though they scored a 7.3 on the government size category.

Matthew Yglesias » Economic Freedom, Universal Health Care, and Labor Unions 2009

Before you give me that BS about how capitalism is the only - ism that works, I'll remind you that Finland (Socialist) is more competetive and Sweeden (also socialist) was the first to emmerge from the Great Depression.

Free Trade in Tech Labor, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

You can either have an economy like the U.S. or modern China, with lots of mobility but lots of income inequality, or you can have Norway or Sweeden, with little inequality, but little growth and thus little mobility.

The Poor Get Richer, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

You can either have an economy like the U.S. or modern China, with lots of mobility but lots of income inequality, or you can have Norway or Sweeden, with little inequality, but little growth and thus little mobility.

The Poor Get Richer, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Remember that in the mid ninetees, Sweeden actually elected a rather conservative government that moved to scale back the welfare state a bit.

The Poor Get Richer, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Take a look at other Westen Countries, Germany, France, Britain, Canada, Sweeden their Health Plan covers all citizens who are taken care of very well.

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