Exactly. It is about political choice, not about structural inevitabilities. Actual numbers: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=unemployment+rate+sweden+usa

Exactly. 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"?