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Far-Right Sweden Democrats poised to play huge part in Sweden's next government | DW News
In an election sweep that came as a shock to some, the right-wing Sweden Democrats are now poised to be part of the governing coalition. As Europe awaits Swedish election results that balance on a knife's edge, some are asking: How did this happen? In Sweden, a bastion of tolerance, a nationalist and anti-immigrant party is on the cusp of joining a right-wing coalition in government. A look at the party's origins and trajectory provides some answers. What is the current state of election results? On Sunday, Sweden held nationwide elections for its legislature, the Riksdag. Although 99.9% of the vote has now been counted, a winner has not yet been officially declared.
Exit polls Sunday night initially indicated victory for the Social Democrats' center-left coalition, which has been in pow...
published: 15 Sep 2022
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Why Sweden is proud to have the world's highest taxes - BBC REEL
Sweden is famous for having some of the highest taxes in the world, and yet the country's tax agency is still one of its most trusted institutions.
The Swedish attitude towards tax contrasts sharply with many countries. We investigate what this says about Swedish society and how the popularity of the welfare state might survive growing challenges in the future.
Video by Maddy Savage and Benoît Derrier
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published: 06 Jan 2021
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Swedish PM summons army as gang violence rocks nation
Sweden's prime minister summoned the head of the armed forces and the police commissioner in a bid to stem gang violence, after the nation was rocked by a wave of brutal violence that has taken at least 11 lives in September alone https://reut.rs/466CmYs
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published: 29 Sep 2023
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Sweden's Social Democrats seek deal with opposition to form government
After months of political deadlock, Sweden's Social Democrats agreed a deal with the opposition Centre Party and the Liberals to try to form a government…
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published: 20 Sep 2019
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General elections in Sweden explained
The 11th of September is election day in Sweden!
On this day, Swedes can decide which candidates will represent them in the Parliament (Riksdag in Swedish) over the next four years.
The Riksdag is the highest decision-making assembly in Sweden. Its tasks include law-making and determining the central government budget. The Riksdag also examines the work of the Government, works with EU matters and shapes Swedish foreign policy together with the Government.
Last time In the 2018 parliamentary elections, 87.2 percent of persons eligible to vote also chose to vote, which means that election turnout increased for the fourth consecutive election.
In the 2022 election, about 7,5 million Swedes have the chance to go to the polling stations.
Don't forget to leave a like and subscribe! The...
published: 05 Sep 2022
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Why Sweden is light-years ahead on climate
If you're looking for a climate success story, you'll find it, of course, in Scandinavia. Sweden has cut 80% of its net emissions since 1990 – while growing its economy. How have they done it? And can this be a blueprint for other countries?
#planeta #sweden #decarbonization
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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published: 05 Jul 2024
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How Sweden Balances High Taxes And Growth
Taxes are a big political issue the United States. Progressive Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have proposed higher taxes on wealthy Americans to help fund generous state welfare programs. Sweden, and other Nordic countries, are often now used as successful examples of nations that collect high taxes without hurting employment or their economies. Here’s a look at how Sweden pulls it off.
The April 15 deadline for federal tax returns is fast approaching. At the same time, taxing the wealthy is becoming a big political issue in the leadup to the 2020 presidential election.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., proposed a 70 percent marginal tax rate on wealthy Americans as part of her co-sponsored Green New Deal in February. Since then, wealth inequality and taxes have become a co...
published: 12 Apr 2019
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Stossel: Sweden is Not a Socialist Success
Many people think Sweden is socialist, but its success comes from free markets.
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Democratic socialists in the United States point to Sweden as a socialist success. 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, "gover...
published: 23 Oct 2018
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Fareed: Lessons from Sweden on smaller government
What can the U.S. learn about smaller government from Scandinavia? Fareed Zakaria looks at reforms in Sweden.
published: 09 Sep 2013
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Sweden calls on its citizens to prepare for war | DW News
Sweden recently warned its citizens that war could come to its territory. This has caused anxiety and confusion for some young Swedes. DW visited a school in Stockholm to find out how the country’s youngsters are coping.
For more on this, we talk to DW correspondent Teri Schultz in Brussels who filed the report.
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Far-Right Sweden Democrats poised to play huge part in Sweden's next government | DW News
In an election sweep that came as a shock to some, the right-wing Sweden Democrats are now poised to be part of the governing coalition. As Europe awaits Swedis...
In an election sweep that came as a shock to some, the right-wing Sweden Democrats are now poised to be part of the governing coalition. As Europe awaits Swedish election results that balance on a knife's edge, some are asking: How did this happen? In Sweden, a bastion of tolerance, a nationalist and anti-immigrant party is on the cusp of joining a right-wing coalition in government. A look at the party's origins and trajectory provides some answers. What is the current state of election results? On Sunday, Sweden held nationwide elections for its legislature, the Riksdag. Although 99.9% of the vote has now been counted, a winner has not yet been officially declared.
Exit polls Sunday night initially indicated victory for the Social Democrats' center-left coalition, which has been in power since 2014. But as vote-counting progressed, the right-wing bloc consisting of the Liberals, Christian Democrats, Moderates and Sweden Democrats is on track to win, currently with 49.5% of the vote. The left-wing coalition has 48.8% of the vote. Social Democrat Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has already conceded defeat. While final results are expected at any moment, the Social Democrats have so far received the largest percentage of votes at 30.3%. Currently, the Sweden Democrats are the second-strongest party, gaining 20.5% of the vote in their best-ever election performance. That makes them the biggest party on the right, in front of the Moderates who came as a close third with 19.1%.
The cliffhanger election is not expected to be resolved until all postal and absentee ballots are counted.
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In an election sweep that came as a shock to some, the right-wing Sweden Democrats are now poised to be part of the governing coalition. As Europe awaits Swedish election results that balance on a knife's edge, some are asking: How did this happen? In Sweden, a bastion of tolerance, a nationalist and anti-immigrant party is on the cusp of joining a right-wing coalition in government. A look at the party's origins and trajectory provides some answers. What is the current state of election results? On Sunday, Sweden held nationwide elections for its legislature, the Riksdag. Although 99.9% of the vote has now been counted, a winner has not yet been officially declared.
Exit polls Sunday night initially indicated victory for the Social Democrats' center-left coalition, which has been in power since 2014. But as vote-counting progressed, the right-wing bloc consisting of the Liberals, Christian Democrats, Moderates and Sweden Democrats is on track to win, currently with 49.5% of the vote. The left-wing coalition has 48.8% of the vote. Social Democrat Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has already conceded defeat. While final results are expected at any moment, the Social Democrats have so far received the largest percentage of votes at 30.3%. Currently, the Sweden Democrats are the second-strongest party, gaining 20.5% of the vote in their best-ever election performance. That makes them the biggest party on the right, in front of the Moderates who came as a close third with 19.1%.
The cliffhanger election is not expected to be resolved until all postal and absentee ballots are counted.
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- published: 15 Sep 2022
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Why Sweden is proud to have the world's highest taxes - BBC REEL
Sweden is famous for having some of the highest taxes in the world, and yet the country's tax agency is still one of its most trusted institutions.
The Swedish...
Sweden is famous for having some of the highest taxes in the world, and yet the country's tax agency is still one of its most trusted institutions.
The Swedish attitude towards tax contrasts sharply with many countries. We investigate what this says about Swedish society and how the popularity of the welfare state might survive growing challenges in the future.
Video by Maddy Savage and Benoît Derrier
#bbcreel #bbc #bbcnews
https://wn.com/Why_Sweden_Is_Proud_To_Have_The_World's_Highest_Taxes_BBC_Reel
Sweden is famous for having some of the highest taxes in the world, and yet the country's tax agency is still one of its most trusted institutions.
The Swedish attitude towards tax contrasts sharply with many countries. We investigate what this says about Swedish society and how the popularity of the welfare state might survive growing challenges in the future.
Video by Maddy Savage and Benoît Derrier
#bbcreel #bbc #bbcnews
- published: 06 Jan 2021
- views: 187603
0:43
Swedish PM summons army as gang violence rocks nation
Sweden's prime minister summoned the head of the armed forces and the police commissioner in a bid to stem gang violence, after the nation was rocked by a wave ...
Sweden's prime minister summoned the head of the armed forces and the police commissioner in a bid to stem gang violence, after the nation was rocked by a wave of brutal violence that has taken at least 11 lives in September alone https://reut.rs/466CmYs
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Sweden's prime minister summoned the head of the armed forces and the police commissioner in a bid to stem gang violence, after the nation was rocked by a wave of brutal violence that has taken at least 11 lives in September alone https://reut.rs/466CmYs
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- published: 29 Sep 2023
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Sweden's Social Democrats seek deal with opposition to form government
After months of political deadlock, Sweden's Social Democrats agreed a deal with the opposition Centre Party and the Liberals to try to form a government…
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After months of political deadlock, Sweden's Social Democrats agreed a deal with the opposition Centre Party and the Liberals to try to form a government…
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After months of political deadlock, Sweden's Social Democrats agreed a deal with the opposition Centre Party and the Liberals to try to form a government…
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- published: 20 Sep 2019
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General elections in Sweden explained
The 11th of September is election day in Sweden!
On this day, Swedes can decide which candidates will represent them in the Parliament (Riksdag in Swedish) ov...
The 11th of September is election day in Sweden!
On this day, Swedes can decide which candidates will represent them in the Parliament (Riksdag in Swedish) over the next four years.
The Riksdag is the highest decision-making assembly in Sweden. Its tasks include law-making and determining the central government budget. The Riksdag also examines the work of the Government, works with EU matters and shapes Swedish foreign policy together with the Government.
Last time In the 2018 parliamentary elections, 87.2 percent of persons eligible to vote also chose to vote, which means that election turnout increased for the fourth consecutive election.
In the 2022 election, about 7,5 million Swedes have the chance to go to the polling stations.
Don't forget to leave a like and subscribe! Then stay tuned on:
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Website: https://sweden.se
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The 11th of September is election day in Sweden!
On this day, Swedes can decide which candidates will represent them in the Parliament (Riksdag in Swedish) over the next four years.
The Riksdag is the highest decision-making assembly in Sweden. Its tasks include law-making and determining the central government budget. The Riksdag also examines the work of the Government, works with EU matters and shapes Swedish foreign policy together with the Government.
Last time In the 2018 parliamentary elections, 87.2 percent of persons eligible to vote also chose to vote, which means that election turnout increased for the fourth consecutive election.
In the 2022 election, about 7,5 million Swedes have the chance to go to the polling stations.
Don't forget to leave a like and subscribe! Then stay tuned on:
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- published: 05 Sep 2022
- views: 13920
12:44
Why Sweden is light-years ahead on climate
If you're looking for a climate success story, you'll find it, of course, in Scandinavia. Sweden has cut 80% of its net emissions since 1990 – while growing its...
If you're looking for a climate success story, you'll find it, of course, in Scandinavia. Sweden has cut 80% of its net emissions since 1990 – while growing its economy. How have they done it? And can this be a blueprint for other countries?
#planeta #sweden #decarbonization
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Fact-Check: Kirsten Funck
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Special thanks to: Lars Zetterberg (Swedish Environmental Research Institute) and Gustav Ebenå (Swedish Energy Agency) for insightful background interviews.
Read more:
Sweden's climate goals:
https://www.krisinformation.se/en/hazards-and-risks/climate-change/swedens-climate-goals#:~:text=By%202045%20at%20the%20latest,than%20they%20were%20in%201990
https://www.2030sekretariatet.se/in-english/
https://unfccc.int/news/sweden-plans-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-2045
Sweden's heating sector:
https://www.energiforetagen.se/4901de/globalassets/dokument/fardplaner/roadmap-heating-sector-summary-dhc.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544217304140#:~:text=The%20first%20Swedish%20district%20heating,heating%20systems%20during%20the%201950s
https://www.energimyndigheten.se/en/sustainability/households/heating-your-home/district-heating/
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJBPA-02-2019-0020/full/html?skipTracking=true
Sweden's carbon tax:
https://www.government.se/government-policy/swedens-carbon-tax/swedens-carbon-tax/
https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/pol.20170144
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:58 Cleaning up electricity
03:22 Fossil-free heat
05:42 Sweden's carbon tax
08:45 What's left?
11:08 Lessons learned
https://wn.com/Why_Sweden_Is_Light_Years_Ahead_On_Climate
If you're looking for a climate success story, you'll find it, of course, in Scandinavia. Sweden has cut 80% of its net emissions since 1990 – while growing its economy. How have they done it? And can this be a blueprint for other countries?
#planeta #sweden #decarbonization
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en
Credits:
Reporter: Anne-Sophie Brändlin
Video Editor: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann / Kiyo Dörrer / Michael Trobridge
Fact-Check: Kirsten Funck
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Special thanks to: Lars Zetterberg (Swedish Environmental Research Institute) and Gustav Ebenå (Swedish Energy Agency) for insightful background interviews.
Read more:
Sweden's climate goals:
https://www.krisinformation.se/en/hazards-and-risks/climate-change/swedens-climate-goals#:~:text=By%202045%20at%20the%20latest,than%20they%20were%20in%201990
https://www.2030sekretariatet.se/in-english/
https://unfccc.int/news/sweden-plans-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-2045
Sweden's heating sector:
https://www.energiforetagen.se/4901de/globalassets/dokument/fardplaner/roadmap-heating-sector-summary-dhc.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544217304140#:~:text=The%20first%20Swedish%20district%20heating,heating%20systems%20during%20the%201950s
https://www.energimyndigheten.se/en/sustainability/households/heating-your-home/district-heating/
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJBPA-02-2019-0020/full/html?skipTracking=true
Sweden's carbon tax:
https://www.government.se/government-policy/swedens-carbon-tax/swedens-carbon-tax/
https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/pol.20170144
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:58 Cleaning up electricity
03:22 Fossil-free heat
05:42 Sweden's carbon tax
08:45 What's left?
11:08 Lessons learned
- published: 05 Jul 2024
- views: 233308
8:21
How Sweden Balances High Taxes And Growth
Taxes are a big political issue the United States. Progressive Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have proposed higher taxes on wealthy Americans to help f...
Taxes are a big political issue the United States. Progressive Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have proposed higher taxes on wealthy Americans to help fund generous state welfare programs. Sweden, and other Nordic countries, are often now used as successful examples of nations that collect high taxes without hurting employment or their economies. Here’s a look at how Sweden pulls it off.
The April 15 deadline for federal tax returns is fast approaching. At the same time, taxing the wealthy is becoming a big political issue in the leadup to the 2020 presidential election.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., proposed a 70 percent marginal tax rate on wealthy Americans as part of her co-sponsored Green New Deal in February. Since then, wealth inequality and taxes have become a common platform among Democratic presidential hopefuls.
That 70% sounds like a big number, but there’s another country where some workers are paying similar taxes. Sweden.
“The short version of the story is that Sweden and other Nordic countries ... have high taxes and they have fairly good economic performance,” Torben Andersen, a professor in the Department of Economics and Business Economics at Aarhus University in Denmark, told CNBC. “And the simple explanation is that you cannot judge the effect of taxes without knowing what they are financing.”
Sweden is known to have some of the highest taxes in the world. At the same time, unemployment is low and the country has posted better GDP numbers than the United States in recent years. Here’s how a country with fewer than 10 million people pulled it off.
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How Sweden Balances High Taxes And Growth
https://wn.com/How_Sweden_Balances_High_Taxes_And_Growth
Taxes are a big political issue the United States. Progressive Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have proposed higher taxes on wealthy Americans to help fund generous state welfare programs. Sweden, and other Nordic countries, are often now used as successful examples of nations that collect high taxes without hurting employment or their economies. Here’s a look at how Sweden pulls it off.
The April 15 deadline for federal tax returns is fast approaching. At the same time, taxing the wealthy is becoming a big political issue in the leadup to the 2020 presidential election.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., proposed a 70 percent marginal tax rate on wealthy Americans as part of her co-sponsored Green New Deal in February. Since then, wealth inequality and taxes have become a common platform among Democratic presidential hopefuls.
That 70% sounds like a big number, but there’s another country where some workers are paying similar taxes. Sweden.
“The short version of the story is that Sweden and other Nordic countries ... have high taxes and they have fairly good economic performance,” Torben Andersen, a professor in the Department of Economics and Business Economics at Aarhus University in Denmark, told CNBC. “And the simple explanation is that you cannot judge the effect of taxes without knowing what they are financing.”
Sweden is known to have some of the highest taxes in the world. At the same time, unemployment is low and the country has posted better GDP numbers than the United States in recent years. Here’s how a country with fewer than 10 million people pulled it off.
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How Sweden Balances High Taxes And Growth
- published: 12 Apr 2019
- views: 762480
5:18
Stossel: Sweden is Not a Socialist Success
Many people think Sweden is socialist, but its success comes from free markets.
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Democratic socialists in the United States point to Sweden as a socialist success. 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 means of production. To see that you have to go to Venezuela or Cuba or North Korea."
John Stossel asks Norberg why so many Americans think Sweden is socialist. Norberg answers, "We did have a period in the 1970s and 1980s when we had something that resembled socialism: a big government that taxed and spent heavily."
But big government led to problems. "Our economy was in crisis, inflation reached 10 percent, and for a brief period interest rates soared to 500 percent. At that point the Swedish population just said, 'Enough, we can't do this,'" Norberg says.
Sweden cut public spending, privatized the national rail network, abolished certain government monopolies, eliminated inheritance taxes, sold state-owned businesses, and switched to a school voucher system. It also "lowered taxes and reformed the pension system," adds Norberg.
So Stossel asks why we keep hearing "that Sweden is this socialist paradise."
Norberg answers: "We do have a bigger welfare state than the U.S. and higher taxes than the U.S. But in other areas, when it comes to free markets, when it comes to competition, when it comes to free trade, Sweden is actually more free market."
He's right, according to the Heritage Foundation's Economic Freedom Rankings. Sweden ranks higher than the U.S.
Norberg also tells Stossel that Sweden's tax system may surprise Americans. "This is the dirty little secret....We don't take from the rich and give to the poor. We squeeze the poor, because rich people might leave."
Even people who earn below average income pay up to 60 percent in taxes.
Stossel asks: What lessons should Americans take from Sweden?
"You can't turn your backs [on] the creation of wealth," warns Norberg.
Sweden: Lessons for America? airs on PBS on October 29th at 7 p.m. Eastern. You can also watch it at freetochoose.tv.
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Democratic socialists in the United States point to Sweden as a socialist success. 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 means of production. To see that you have to go to Venezuela or Cuba or North Korea."
John Stossel asks Norberg why so many Americans think Sweden is socialist. Norberg answers, "We did have a period in the 1970s and 1980s when we had something that resembled socialism: a big government that taxed and spent heavily."
But big government led to problems. "Our economy was in crisis, inflation reached 10 percent, and for a brief period interest rates soared to 500 percent. At that point the Swedish population just said, 'Enough, we can't do this,'" Norberg says.
Sweden cut public spending, privatized the national rail network, abolished certain government monopolies, eliminated inheritance taxes, sold state-owned businesses, and switched to a school voucher system. It also "lowered taxes and reformed the pension system," adds Norberg.
So Stossel asks why we keep hearing "that Sweden is this socialist paradise."
Norberg answers: "We do have a bigger welfare state than the U.S. and higher taxes than the U.S. But in other areas, when it comes to free markets, when it comes to competition, when it comes to free trade, Sweden is actually more free market."
He's right, according to the Heritage Foundation's Economic Freedom Rankings. Sweden ranks higher than the U.S.
Norberg also tells Stossel that Sweden's tax system may surprise Americans. "This is the dirty little secret....We don't take from the rich and give to the poor. We squeeze the poor, because rich people might leave."
Even people who earn below average income pay up to 60 percent in taxes.
Stossel asks: What lessons should Americans take from Sweden?
"You can't turn your backs [on] the creation of wealth," warns Norberg.
Sweden: Lessons for America? airs on PBS on October 29th at 7 p.m. Eastern. You can also watch it at freetochoose.tv.
The views expressed in this video are solely those of John Stossel; his independent production company, Stossel Productions; and the people he interviews. The claims and opinions set forth in the video and accompanying text are not necessarily those of Reason.
- published: 23 Oct 2018
- views: 1293589
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Fareed: Lessons from Sweden on smaller government
What can the U.S. learn about smaller government from Scandinavia? Fareed Zakaria looks at reforms in Sweden.
What can the U.S. learn about smaller government from Scandinavia? Fareed Zakaria looks at reforms in Sweden.
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What can the U.S. learn about smaller government from Scandinavia? Fareed Zakaria looks at reforms in Sweden.
- published: 09 Sep 2013
- views: 120978
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Sweden calls on its citizens to prepare for war | DW News
Sweden recently warned its citizens that war could come to its territory. This has caused anxiety and confusion for some young Swedes. DW visited a school in St...
Sweden recently warned its citizens that war could come to its territory. This has caused anxiety and confusion for some young Swedes. DW visited a school in Stockholm to find out how the country’s youngsters are coping.
For more on this, we talk to DW correspondent Teri Schultz in Brussels who filed the report.
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Sweden recently warned its citizens that war could come to its territory. This has caused anxiety and confusion for some young Swedes. DW visited a school in Stockholm to find out how the country’s youngsters are coping.
For more on this, we talk to DW correspondent Teri Schultz in Brussels who filed the report.
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- published: 13 Feb 2024
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