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The Mirage of Swedish Socialism: The Economic History of a Welfare State.

Sweden isn’t socialist, despite what socialist advocates outside the country may claim


VANCOUVER—Despite mischaracterizations by advocates of socialism outside of Sweden, the country is not socialist. And in fact, it has a long history of comparatively small government, open markets, and competition. This is the main lesson of an upcoming book to be published by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan, Canadian public policy think-tank, working in partnership with think tanks in the U.S., Australia and the U.K.

“All too often, people point to Sweden as an exemplary modern socialist state, but the truth is Sweden is not socialist at all. It experimented with socialist policies in the 70s and 80s, they failed, and for the past 30 years, the country has once again largely embraced the private sector and capitalism,” said Johan Norberg, an internationally recognized Swedish economist and author of the upcoming book The Mirage of Swedish Socialism: The Economic History of a Welfare State.

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