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?
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?
Their big welfare state is funded by Swedes' free-market practices, not their socialist ones.
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.
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.
In international economic-freedom comparisons, Sweden often earns a higher ranking than the U.S.
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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.
Venezuela is a disaster. Yet 20 years ago, it was the wealthiest country in Latin America. But then it went socialist.
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A sociologist named Alison Gerber, now living in Sweden posted a thought-provoking Twitter thread about the reality of living in a socialist country.
