Why Sweden Is Not a Wreck

10/12/2011 Mises Wire Jeffrey A. Tucker

The usual claim is that Sweden thrives because of a welfare state, but Nima Sanandaji argues in a new book in PDF form that the real reason has to do with a stable legal system, a homogenous culture wedded to the work ethic, and actual cuts in government welfare provision. h/t Cobden Centre

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