Ever Wonder WHY Liberals Never Bring Up SWEDEN Any More?....

Remember when American Liberals could reliably be counted on to point to Sweden as “proof” that “democratic socialism CAN work”?

No more. It’s as though Sweden has fallen off the world’s map, lately.

Wonder why?

Well, the primary reason is that Sweden’s been running away from the Keynesian policies America’s Liberals have been embracing for over a decade now!

Sweden is a powerful example of the importance of public policy. The Nordic nation became rich between 1870 and 1970 when government was very small, but then began to stagnate as welfare state policies were implemented in the 1970s and 1980s. The Center for Freedom & Prosperity (CF&P) Foundation video explains that Sweden is now shifting back to economic freedom in hopes of undoing the damage caused by an excessive welfare state.

March 8, 2010) 5:17 minutes at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENDE8ve35f0

At Yahoo: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/7112999/18512837

At Capitol Hub: http://capitolhub.com/video/9250/economics-101-learning-sweden%E2%80%9 9s-free-market-renaissance

Stefan Karlsson chronicled the economic history of Sweden back in 2006 in an excellent article. In that work Karlsson wrote the following:

"As a result of its free market policies, the resourcefulness of its people, and its successful avoidance of war, Sweden had the highest per-capita income growth in the world between 1870 and 1950, by which time Sweden had become one of the world's richest countries."

Karlsson also noted that, “there's a common misperception that the Scandinavian countries are borderline Cuban in terms of economic freedom, while the rest of the developed world (particularly the United States) is far more free-market oriented. However, the reality is that the Scandinavian countries are among the top 10 and 20 "most liberalized" economies in the world, even despite their massive welfare states.”

PLEASE, check out the following videos for some truth about Sweden;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENDE8ve35f0

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/7112999/18512837

http://capitolhub.com/video/9250/economics-101-learning-sweden%E2%80%9 9s-free-market-renaissance