The things Bernie Sanders – and, to be fair, every single one of his American supporters – miss about Scandinavian socialism today (as opposed to the seventies-era variety that Sanders seems to think still applies), via Johan Norberg:
“Sanders is right: America would benefit hugely from modeling her economic and social policies after her Scandinavian sisters. But Sanders should be careful what he wishes for. When he asks for ‘trade policies that work for the working families of our nation and not just the CEOs of large, multi-national corporations,’ Social Democrats in Sweden would take this to mean trade liberalization — which would have the benefit of exposing monopolist fat cats to competition — not the protectionism that Sanders favors. … Being more like modern Sweden actually means deregulation, free trade, a national school voucher system, partially privatized pensions, no property tax, no inheritance tax, and much lower corporate taxes. Sorry to burst your bubble, Bernie.”
If there’s one thing the American left can build, it’s shatterproof intellectual bubbles.
The narrative is more important than the facts.
And as many have noted….the European, especially Scandinavian, social programs are primarily funded through insanely high taxes on the middle class.
Who says Bernie doesn’t know about economics & scarcity…
http://www.cbs8.com/story/31828667/sanders-campaign-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-staffers
facts are for little people…
There must be many liberal Boomers who remember their support of Eugene McCarthy and how well that worked out.