That article mentioned plenty of welfare policies. "Universal free education allows students of all backgrounds to achieve their potential. Separate taxation o

That article mentioned plenty of welfare policies. "Universal free education allows students of all backgrounds to achieve their potential. Separate taxation of spouses puts wives on an equal footing with their husbands. Universal day care for children makes it possible for both parents to work full-time." In fact the conclusion of the article was this: "Economists frequently express puzzlement about the Nordic countries’ recent economic success, given that their governments are so big... Goran Persson, a former Swedish prime minister, once compared Sweden’s economy with a bumblebee—“with its overly heavy body and little wings, supposedly it should not be able to fly—but it does.” Today it is fighting fit and flying better than it has done for decades."