Sunday, November 06, 2011  Swedish Model Reassessed      james
said...  The link doesn't seem to work.  james said...  My 1.5
kroner is that although the analysis is probably correct, it is
not adequately supported by the proffered statistics. That would
need more comparisons with other countries and figures on jobs
with small and large firms, etc.  karrde said...  I haven't read
the entire article...but I am reminded of PJ O' Rourke's Eat the
Rich.  O'Rourke compares Capitalism that works (USA, exemplified
by an afternoon on Wall Street) with Capitalism that doesn't
work (Albania).  He also visits Socialism that works (Sweden)
and doesn't work (Cuba).  I think the biggest lesson of all this
is that the System, while dominant, is not the entire
explanation for success or failure of an economy.  In Sweden's
case, I think O'Rourke mentions most of the items in this study,
hinting that Socialism may not have been the original reason for
Sweden's success, and may not be the cause of its current
status.  Overall,