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The Nordic model shows that it is possible to have a highly unionized workforce with free higher education, free healthcare, and social welfare. They have been
by cworth 7y ago
The Nordic model shows that it is possible to have a highly unionized workforce with free higher education, free healthcare, and social welfare. They have been very effective in fighting poverty this way.
- GreenJelloShot 7y agoYeah, everything "works" until it doesn't. See: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/08/finlands-government-resigns-after-healthcare-reform-fails.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/08/finlands-government-resigns-... "Financial constraints are colliding with the healthcare costs imposed by Finland’s fast-aging population. But cutting those costs is a major political obstacle in a Nordic country that historically has provided an extensive -- and expensive -- healthcare system."