Many leftists often point to the “superiority” of Scandinavian “socialism.” Leftists often use Denmark and Sweden as their examples, since they are the most successful Scandinavian nations. I already covered this issue in an earlier post , but I feel it is important to rehash this topic and to post a…

Jrgen, The quip about voting with your feet and my criticisms, nor your person per se, were in fact very real. My family had to escape from the communists. My grandfather was designated “an enemy of the state” for owning a business. He has on the KGBs list for execution as well as his whole familiy…

The welfare state seems to work well economically in Europe and provides the needs of its citizens. It’s pretty hard to tell socialists that it would be even better without the welfare programs. They do not care about the lost opportunities as long as everybody is taken care off. That is why it is s…

I would just like to add what I think are excellent articles to this list Europe’s Ailing Social Model: Facts & Fairy-Tales | The Brussels Journal http://www.city-journal.org/html/9_2_oh_to_be.html

Huh? Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Iceland are all collapsing. What exactly are you talking about? Even France is cutting back.

Am I welcome to call you a thief?

Someone asked me about Norway’s high per capita income in a convo. This was my response: Norway has a relatively free market, but they also have incredible natural resources. http://www.nationmaster.com/time.php?stat=ene_oil_pro&country=no In 2007, Norway produced 2,565,000 barrels of crude oil p…

France is another luck shot. Where the Norwegians income per capita is $14,600/year from oil alone, a large chunk of the income in France is from tourism. People bring money from afar and dump it into french wallets by the truckload just to see some crappy old buildings and experience snippy french…

It’s not like the oil is drilling itself out of the ground and transporting it to the rest of the world. There is no doubt that the oil is providing them some leverage, yet you still need a functioning and efficient market to reap its market value. I think your initial factor is the more critical o…

DD5, allow me to clarify. By “socialist” I meant the “social democracy” style of socialism, not actual socialism (government control of the means of production). Obviously, any truly socialist economy, regardless of its natural resources, cannot become prosperous (example: USSR, even though it wasn’…

The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism

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Per Bylund, a Swedish anarchist, debunks the image of wonderful, socialist Sweden as a model of state prosperity and efficiency:

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