The Economist doesn't think they are very socialist: > The idea of lean Nordic government will come as a shock both to French leftists who dream of socialist S

The Economist doesn't think they are very socialist: > The idea of lean Nordic government will come as a shock both to French leftists who dream of socialist Scandinavia and to American conservatives who fear that Barack Obama is bent on “Swedenisation” ... > EDIT: (oops this graf was only about Sweden) > So long as public services work, they do not mind who provides them. Denmark and Norway allow private firms to run public hospitals. Sweden has a universal system of school vouchers, with private for-profit schools competing with public schools. Denmark also has vouchers—but ones that you can top up. When it comes to choice, Milton Friedman would be more at home in Stockholm than in Washington, DC. There's more at http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21571136-politicians-both-right-and-left-could-learn-nordic-countries-next-supermodel http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21571136-politicians-b...