> In the U.S. 47% of people have a post-secondary degree. It's 43% in Sweden and 38% in Denmark. You guys are missing the point; social mobility for all. Also,

> In the U.S. 47% of people have a post-secondary degree. It's 43% in Sweden and 38% in Denmark. You guys are missing the point; social mobility for all. Also, if so called low-skilled jobs still provides a comfortable living in Scandinavia, it will obviously skew those numbers. > And it's not like college is actually free in Scandinavia. You still have the opportunity cost and cost of living. Yes, you can choose to remote or on-site education. There's also a cultural thing where young adults are encouraged to move out from their parents sooner rather than later. The loan is taken from a government agency, that means non-profit. The current interests rate for student debt in Sweden is 0.05%. This is surely a major difference from the US? > but most people making minimum wage are young and will not get sick This seem very optimistic, bordering cynical. I wonder how long the Uber waiting times would be if there's only healthy young people driving (and some even like to assume that it's only part timers at that).