Lee Ohanian on Sweden’s Experiment with Socialism

26 Oct 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags:

Sweden during World War 1 – Balancing Neutrality I THE GREAT WAR Special

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Stossel: Sweden is Not a Socialist Success

05 Mar 2021 Leave a comment

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The Swedish model – myths and realities – Johan Norberg

12 Feb 2021 Leave a comment

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Why Didn’t Sweden Join World War 2?

28 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

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Will Sweden’s coronavirus gamble pay off?

26 Apr 2020 Leave a comment

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The Great Escape

25 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

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Predictable effects but denied by @NZGreens

24 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

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The Great Escape and the demographic transition

21 Nov 2019 Leave a comment

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WHAT DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM DOES TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY

06 Oct 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, fiscal policy, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags:

@Bryan_Caplan at his absolute best

31 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

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From https://www.econlib.org/archives/2009/08/denmark_and_swe_1.html

That Time Sweden Changed Its Traffic Direction in a Single Day

11 Mar 2019 Leave a comment

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Life in Norway

04 Jan 2019 Leave a comment

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Sweden Not a Socialist Success

29 Nov 2018 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, health economics, macroeconomics, politics - USA Tags:

Lesser known Swedish gender gaps

18 Nov 2018 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: ,

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