roman_mir's Journal: Sweden - more austere than most, more free market than many

It's going to be harder for Keynesians to use Sweden as an example of a country that is a socialist utopia, now that it is more austere than most and more free market oriented than many. Of-course Scandinavia has been moving in the free market, private enterprise direction for about 20 years now, so the arguments were wrong for 20 years at least, which didn't stop some from making them, but now there is even a better way to shut them up.

Indeed, Sweden is great

[Arker]

I actually lived there for some time about a decade ago and found much of their 'socialism' to be more free market oriented than the US equivelants. Their schools, for instance, are private - the voucher system that our socialists fight tooth and nail to prevent is how Swedish education has worked for decades already.

some past comments

[roman_mir]

Too Many Biomedical Graduate Students, Not Enough Jobs [slashdot.org] - post on pre-1913 USA economy as well as current situation in USA and Germany.

Too Many Biomedical Graduate Students, Not Enough Jobs [slashdot.org] - how to fix the economy in 5 steps.

Australian Gov't Asks eBay To Name Big Sellers [slashdot.org] - on income taxes

Aussie Telco Lays New Fiber For Microsecond Trading Boost [slashdot.org] - HFT trading and lack of competition

Aussie Telco Lays New Fiber For Microsecond Trading Boost [slashdot.org] - HFT trading

Aussie Telco Lays New Fiber For Microsecond Trading Boost [slashdot.org]