Sweden has a higher proportion of billionaires than the US, but far from causing anti-capitalist backlash the supposedly socialist nation welcomes its wealthy, say Rainer Zitelmann and Anders ...

"Sweden is not socialist—because the government doesn't own the means of production. To see that, you have to go to Venezuela or Cuba or North Korea," says Norberg.

Sweden is not a country, it is a Rorschach test for Americans. ... The Sweden of socialist hopes is just like the fascination with ABBA, a nostalgic yearning for the 1970s and 80s.

The real Sweden defies those who try to label it. Rather than being the "socialist" country many claim, it is far more complex than that. This Nordic economy features many successful corporations ...

“Sweden is not socialist—because the government doesn’t own the means of production. To see that, you have to go to Venezuela or Cuba or North Korea,” says Norberg.

"Sweden is not socialist -- because the government doesn't own the means of production. To see that, you have to go to Venezuela or Cuba or North Korea," says Norberg. ...

Sweden’s history is worth remembering when, as shown in a recent Pew poll, 42 percent of Americans express a positive view of socialism. In fact, 15 percent of self‐ described Republicans have ...

"Sweden is not socialist – because the government doesn't own the means of production. To see that, you have to go to Venezuela or Cuba or North Korea," says Norberg.

Socialism Mach 5 / Capitalism Mach 3. Socialism Mach 5 is not really socialism, but something of a middle ground between socialism and capitalism. In this variation on socialism, there is a large ...

Yet Sweden’s experiment with socialist policies was disastrous, and its economic success in recent decades is a result of market-based reforms. Until the mid-20th century, Sweden pursued highly ...

But Swedish historian Johan Norberg says, "Sweden is not socialist." Norberg hosts a documentary called Sweden: Lessons for America? , in which he notes that in Sweden, "government doesn't own the ...