Scandinavian Unexceptionalism

Name: Scandinavian Unexceptionalism | Culture, Markets and the Failure of Third-Way Socialism
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Culture, Markets and the Failure of Third-Way Socialism

Nima Sanandaji(Autor*in)

London Publishing Partnership

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Erschienen am 15. Juni 2015

160 Seiten

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Intro
The author
Foreword
Summary
Editorial note
Tables and figures
1 Understanding Nordic success
The left's admiration for the Nordics
Is it only welfare states that make Nordic countries different?
Culture and welfare states
The ebb and flow of free-market policies in Sweden
2 The Scandinavian free-market success story
Early Scandinavian success
The slow beginnings of social democracy
Shifting policies
3 The failure of third-way policies - entrepreneurship
The impact of taxes on business owners
Capitalism without capitalists
Employee funds and other forms of socialised ownership
Poor Scandinavian economic performance
4 Job creation during free-market and third-way periods
Public and private sector job growth
The tale of two depressions
5 Hiding the rise of taxation
Scandinavian countries would be even more prosperous with lower taxes
6 Admirable social outcomes and low levels of inequality before big welfare states
Iceland has smaller government, but better social outcomes
Egalitarian income distribution before big government
Which countries have even income and wealth distributions?
7 Success of Scandinavian descendants in the US
8 Welfare dependency
Dependence on benefits
Welfare dependency and social poverty
9 The welfare state - social poverty and ethical values
Sick of work
The persistence of moral norms
10 Norway vs Sweden - a natural experiment in welfare state reform
11 The welfare state and the failure of immigration policy
Outcomes for poorly educated immigrants
Migration, social exclusion and reactionary political forces
12 Welfare states and the success of women
Scandinavian culture of equality
Gender equality where it matters?
Inequality in Scandinavia and the nature of the welfare state
Liberalisation and opportunities for women
13 Rock stars of free-market recovery
The shifting sands of economic freedom
Varying approaches to reform
14 Scandinavian unexceptionalism
Scandinavian countries are not exempt from economic laws
Culture came first
Early Scandinavian free-market success
The social democratic interlude, large welfare systems and social poverty
A tentative return to free markets
References
About the IEA
Table?1 Ranking in the 2014 edition of the OECD 'Better Life Index'
Table?2 Development of tax take (percentage of GDP)
Table?3 Effective marginal taxes per cent (after allowing for inflation and deductions) in Sweden in 1980
Table?4 OECD income league
Table?5 Life expectancy at birth in 1960
Table?6 Life expectancy at birth in 2005
Table?7 Infant mortality in 1960 (per thousand)
Table?8 Infant mortality in 2005 (per thousand)
Table?9 Gini coefficient of disposable incomes
Table?10 Gini coefficient of wealth distribution
Table?11 Spending on disability and sickness programmes as a share of GDP
Table?12 Total unemployment among natives and foreign-born (percentage)
Table?13 Unemployment among immigrants in Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon countries (percentage of labour force in age range 15-64)
Table?14 Tax take (per cent of GDP)
Table?15 Heritage/WSJ economic freedom score
Table?16 Economic freedom score in 2015 and changes from 1996 to 2015
Figure?1 GDP per capita growth 1870-1970
Figure?2 GDP per capita growth 1970-2008
Figure?3 Public sector and private sector cumulative net job creation (thousands) from 1950
Figure?4 Employment in Sweden (thousands) before and after the Great Depression
Figure?5 Unemployment in Nordic nations (per cent) before and after the Great Depression
Figure?6 Employment in Sweden (thousands) before and after the 1990s crisis
Figure?7 Hidden and visible taxes in Finland (percentage of GDP)
Figure?8 Hidden and visible taxes in Denmark (percentage of GDP)
Figure?9 Hidden and visible taxes in Norway (percentage of GDP)
Figure?10 Hidden and visible taxes in Sweden (percentage of GDP)
Figure?11 Employment rate of women aged 20-64 across the European Union (per cent)
Figure?12 Share of women among directors and chief executives
Figure?13 Heritage/WSJ Economic Freedom Index - average overall score

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