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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Lars Syll on Paul Krugman on the "Swedish Model" and inequality


First, some more quotes you may want to save for future use.

“Modern” macroeconomics hasn’t delivered
by Lars P. Syll

Lars shows how Paul Krugman gets the Swedish model wrong.
So, I’m sorry Paul, but Sweden is no longer the model country it once was, in the heydays of the 60s and 70s. It’s no longer the country of Olof Palme. Just as in your own country, neoliberal ideologies, economists and politicians have crushed the Swedish dream that once was. It’s sad. But it’s a fact. And facts – as Gunnar Myrdal used to say – kick!
Read it at Lars P. Syll's Blog
Krugman and the Swedish model
by Lars P. Syll

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