Well, if you make loads of money in Finland, the taxman will take a significant part of it. That decreases the incentives to work in industry. And yes, making

Well, if you make loads of money in Finland, the taxman will take a significant part of it. That decreases the incentives to work in industry. And yes, making lots of money indeed matters less in this culture than (it seems, I don't know for sure) in America. But I wouldn't say that teachers are paid that well in Finland. It's just that the expresssion (Finland.compare_compensation(teacher, engineer) > US.compare_compensation(teacher, engineer)) evals to 1. Overall, the current Finnish political climate seems to be hostile to industry, and I see no signs of improvement. Elections in a few months, and everyone is a friend of the public sector employees, because they are such a significant part of the workforce and voting base.