Sweden is often touted as a successful socialist state. We look at the history and political make-up of the country and find out is Sweden really socialist?
Sweden is often touted as a successful socialist state. We look at the history and political make-up of the country and find out is Sweden really socialist?
The glory days for Sweden economically took place prior to the 1960s, when they had a free economy, low regulation and lots of wealth. Between 1870 and 1950, Sweden became one of the richest countries. But by the mid-1990s, the country had growing economic problems because it continued to redistribute wealth it wasn’t creating.
Sweden is often touted as a successful socialist state. We look at the history and political make-up of the country and find out is Sweden really socialist?
In international economic-freedom comparisons, Sweden often earns a higher ranking than the U.S.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the new face of the progressive left, says she wants socialism as it is practiced in Norway and Sweden, not as it is or was practiced in the Soviet Union, Cuba or Venezuela.
Their big welfare state is funded by Swedes' free-market practices, not their socialist ones.
The glory days for Sweden economically took place prior to the 1960s, when they had a free economy, low regulation and lots of wealth. Between 1870 and 1950, Sweden became one of the richest countries. But by the mid-1990s, the country had growing economic problems because it continued to redistribute wealth it wasn’t creating.
Proponents of ‘democratic socialism’ often point to Norway, where 59 percent of the country’s wealth is in government hands, as an example of their ideas.
The notion of Sweden as a collectivist and even more so, socialist, state is quite a common thing to hear in international discussions of Swedish ...
Sweden is often touted as a successful socialist state. We look at the history and political make-up of the country and find out is Sweden really socialist?
“Portrait of an unidentified young woman from Sweden. Photographed in 1904.”