A Swede Returns to Silicon Valley from China

Re:A Swede Returns to Silicon Valley from China by stvswn on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @02:54PM (#12220479)

American progressives tend to use Sweden (and Scandanavia generally) as models of how socialism can succeed, probably unaware that Sweden is a highly-productive, modern, capitalist society with capiitalist notions free trade, property rights, investment freedom, and monetary policy. In other words, socialists love to provide examples of socialism that are pretty devoid of actual socialism. Sweden has high taxes and a generous welfare regime, but it doesn't have government ownership of the means of production ("socialism"). That's why Sweden is Sweden.

Source: Heritage foundation's economic freedom index (Sweden does very well: http://www.heritage.org/index/country/sweden)

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Re:A Swede Returns to Silicon Valley from China by aminok on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @04:23PM (#12221189)

And Sweden's economic growth rate stagnated after it adopted large social welfare programs in the 1970s, and only somewhat recovered when it instituted market reforms in the late 90s and 2000s, including reductions in social benefits and income tax cuts.

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Re:A Swede Returns to Silicon Valley from China by uola on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @04:47PM (#12221371)

That seems quite unlikely since Sweden had right wing governments during 76-82 and 91-94.

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Re:A Swede Returns to Silicon Valley from China by arvinjoar on Thursday August 04, 2016 @04:30PM (#12228219)

All it takes is an Olof Palme... :P

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