Austrian economics and the ethics of liberty , Handelshøyskolen BI Oslo, 15-16 September 2012
Ludwig von Mises Institute in Sweden
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Presentation: mises.se/wp-content/pdf/Lecture_9_The_Myth_of_the_Socialist_Paradise_Sweden.pdf
9. The Myth of the Socialist Paradise Sweden (Joakim Fagerström)
Sweden is used as an example worldwide to prove that Socialism “works”. How could anyone be a libertarian and against the state in Sweden, where it all works so well!? Isn’t Sweden the country where everyone is happy and everything is for free!? Where no one pays and everyone benefits?! Sweden has the reputation of having the best, and only functional, welfare state, that works in perfect coordination with the market to solve all the problems. The famous third way they call it. Today even Swedish liberals and libertarians are spreading a myth that Sweden is privatizing the government industries. This is of course all nonsense and we obviously reject this view completely. In this lecture we will debunk these myths and describe the real situation from a free market perspective.
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