Max B. Sawicky wrote:

>Sweden is the liberal mainstream ideal because it is
>viewed as a place with relatively little market-distorting
>policy and a reliance on tax and transfer mechanisms to
>uphold social welfare.

But they seriously interefere(d) with the labor market and created 
one of the most egalitarian societies in the world. A high-wage 
policy forced companies to invest more than they would have 
otherwise. The ideology was one of solidarity and decommodification. 
That's all well beyond standard-issue liberalism, no?

Doug

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