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Sweden actually has higher unemployment than the US, but less wealth disparity, because they have a better social support net for the unemployed.
by william42 15y ago
Sweden actually has higher unemployment than the US, but less wealth disparity, because they have a better social support net for the unemployed.
- nhaehnle 15y agoExactly. It is about political choice, not about structural inevitabilities. Actual numbers: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=unemployment+rate+sweden+usa http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=unemployment+rate+swede... It looks like Sweden merely caught up with the US in terms of unemployment in the last 20 years. Look at the quite drastic ups and downs in unemployment in Sweden in the 1990s. I know that's not exactly what you wrote, but does that look like something that is driven by "structural changes"?