Realities of Socialism

— Oct 26, 2023
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The Free Enterprise Welfare State: A History of Denmark’s Unique Economic Model

The Free Enterprise Welfare State: A History of Denmark’s Unique Economic Model finds that, despite common misperceptions, middle-class workers in Denmark pay relatively high taxes for Denmark’s large government.

— Sep 28, 2023
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The Free Enterprise Welfare State: A History of Denmark’s Unique Economic Model (Chapter 1)

Denmark: Getting Rich Before Becoming a Welfare State, part of an upcoming essay series documenting the economic history of Denmark, finds that high levels of economic freedom—that is, relying more on entrepreneurs, businessowners and workers to make economic decisions rather than politicians and bureaucrats—drive Denmark’s high living standards.

— 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.

— 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.

— Jun 15, 2023
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The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019

The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019, part of a multimedia project (which includes an interactive website), finds that according to many key metrics including incomes and life expectancy, life in Poland improved dramatically after the country transitioned from socialism to a market democracy.

— May 24, 2023
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The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939-2019

The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 is a pre-release of an upcoming book by the Fraser Institute—part of a new multimedia project, The Realities of Socialism—that documents how Polish people suffered under socialism, but then prospered after Poland transitioned to a democracy and market economy. This pre-release consists of the first three chapters of the upcoming book by Peter J. Boettke, Konstantin Zhukov and Matthew Mitchell.

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