Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right-and How We Can, Too - George Lakey Audiobook
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An academic and activist takes an entertaining look at the Nordic welfare state—and shows us how we, too, can have a far more equal and just economic system
In America, many Democrats invoke Scandinavia as a promised land of equality, while most Republicans fear it as a hotbed of liberty-threatening socialism. But the left and right can usually agree on one thing: that the Nordic system is impossible to replicate here at home. The US is too big, or too individualistic, or too puritan, or too . . . something. Whatever the reason, it’s impossible, and we shouldn’t bother to try.
Enter George Lakey. A longtime activist and academic, Lakey has spent decades studying the economies of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland, and in Viking Economics, he reveals that Scandinavia’s deep commitment to the welfare state is much more recent than we think. Not long ago, Scandinavia was a far more unequal place, with a much weaker commitment to the social welfare of its citizens. There’s nothing inherently Scandinavian about greater equality . . . so why not try it here?
Viking Economics is more fun and entertaining than any economics book you’ve ever read. And, very possibly, more convincing! As he ranges from twentieth-century Norwegian history to the details of Swedish childcare policies, Lakey never loses his sense of humor or his expansive, generous vision of a better, more equal future. By explaining that even Scandinavia’s grandest experiments in social equality are rooted in recent political struggles, Lakey explains shows how we can do it, too—conventional wisdom be damned.
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This post has 6 comments with rating of 5/5
August 18th, 2017
thanks for sharing!
August 19th, 2017
Pfht. Yeah, ‘Viking economics’. Just Bernie Sander’s style socialism dressed up for the economically illiterate.
Well news flash, it still doesn’t work worth a damn. Astronomically high taxes, over burdened social welfare programs, and worst some of the worst economic mobility on the European continent.
August 19th, 2017
Yeah its terrible and great at the same time. Think digging ones own grave very slowly while equality rains at 99% and no one really wants for anything except a true struggle to succeed.
@TruthBeatsYourBS, over burdened social welfare system not programs..
Long term suicide short term bliss.
The question is will it be sustainable until the worlds current economic system falls apart?
August 20th, 2017
Neo-liberal capitalism is dying. Anything is better than the hugely unequal societies we have to live through. The Scandinavian Model is good because it is not an ideology, just plain common sense mixed with compassion for one’s fellow human beings. I hope it does not rely on creating overseas wars and imposing puppet tin-pot dictators and tyrants in distant lands in order to control their natural resources because that results in nothing but instability and terror.
August 27th, 2017
Thanks for uploading - it will be interesting to hear an outsiders perspective on our way of doing things :) Oh and @TruthBeatsYourBS - all statistics say that it does work, and we’re quite happy with it thank you ;)
September 1st, 2017
daenigma100, thank you.
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