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> but the economic situation was and is much different in the other nordic countries and the model still works well Other nordic countries, like the market eco
by lliamander 7y ago
> but the economic situation was and is much different in the other nordic countries and the model still works well
Other nordic countries, like the market economy of Denmark[1]?
> Claiming SD was abandoned is a pretty drastic interpretation.
I think it would be pretty drastic to claim that the political situation has been largely unchanged from the 70s, which is the period of Social Democracy which Piketty is defending.
[1]https://www.investors.com/denmark-tells-bernie-sanders-to-stop-calling-it-socialist/ https://www.investors.com/denmark-tells-bernie-sanders-to-st...
- fulafel 7y agoI don't know what your link was apart from the hints in the url (won't let me in) but in general in the nordic counries they don't call themselves socialist or socialism, that's true, it's an US phenomenon to use that phrasing. SD parties see the socialism hint in the name as vestigal and prefer to think their policy aims as merely pragmatic. Yes of course things have changed a lot from the 70s, I agree about that, but the strong welfare state is alive and well, though is under attack, and has wide popular support.
- lliamander 7y agoFair enough, and I'm not claiming that Sweden (or any nordic country) disbanded their welfare system. My claim is that the Social Democracy that Piketty suggests we return (the kind that was present in the 70s/80s) was rejected by Sweden, and for very sound reasons, and that his positive view of those times should be taken with some degree of skepticism.