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Johan Norberg

Johan Norberg is a Swedish-born author, lecturer, and documentary filmmaker. He is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington DC and received his MA in the History of Ideas from the University of Stockholm.

Recent Research by Johan Norberg

The Mirage of Swedish Socialism: The Economic History of a Welfare State
— Aug 17, 2023
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The Mirage of Swedish Socialism

The Mirage of Swedish Socialism: The Economic History of a Welfare State finds that despite common misperceptions, middle-class workers in Sweden—a country often celebrated by social democrats in Canada—pay relatively high taxes for Sweden’s large government.

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The Mirage of Swedish Socialism: The Economic History of a Welfare State (Parts 1 and 2)
— Jul 20, 2023
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The Mirage of Swedish Socialism: The Economic History of a Welfare State

The Mirage of Swedish Socialism: The Economic History of a Welfare State is a pre-release of an upcoming book by the Fraser Institute—part of a new multimedia project, The Realities of Socialism—written by Johan Norberg. It shows that despite mischaracterizations by advocates of socialism outside the country, Sweden actually has a long history of comparatively small government, open markets, and competition, with only a temporary experiment with socialist policies in the 1970s and 80s.

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