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Ep. 338 Did Sweden Succeed Because of Government?

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American progressives hold up the Swedish welfare state as a model, and as a rebuke to the somewhat more laissez-faire United States. What’s the real story about Sweden? That’s our discussion for today.

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Johan Norberg is the author of 15 books, and a senior fellow both at the Cato Institute and the European Centre for International Political Economy.

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Ep. 17: Is Sweden a Good Model? (Per Bylund)

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