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1 online resource (xiv, 135 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-128) and index. |
Contents |
Main Elements of the Swedish Welfare State -- The Swedish Growth Experience -- Growth, Government, and the Welfare State -- Labor Market Interventions -- Investment and Savings -- Redistribution -- Pressures on the Welfare State -- Achievements, Lessons, and the Way Ahead. |
Summary |
Sweden has long been viewed as epitomizing a particular approach to economic and social policy. To its advocates, the Swedish welfare state builds on a strong social consensus favoring extensive state intervention to ensure a high quality of life for all Swedes. To its critics, the Swedish system is marked by excessive government intervention and attendant inefficiencies. These contrasting views are captured in imagery used by Prime Minister Göran Persson: "Think of a bumblebee. With its overly heavy body and little wings, supposedly it should not be able to fly--but it does." The Swedish welfare state is the bumblebee that has managed to fly. This book draws on many years of IMF surveillance and policy advice to explain how it has done so, to assess the challenges that the Swedish model faces in the new century, to propose a strategy for dealing with those challenges, and to draw lessons for the many other countries that face similar challenges from globalization and demographics. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Sweden -- Economic policy.
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Sweden. |
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Economic policy. |
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Sweden -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Sweden -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Welfare state.
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Welfare state. |
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Public welfare -- Sweden.
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Public welfare. |
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Labor market -- Sweden.
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Labor market. |
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Economische politiek.
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Marché du travail.
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Politique gouvernementale.
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Suède. |
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Politique économique.
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Electronic books.
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Verzorgingsstaat.
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Computer network resources.
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Économie.
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Statistiques (Descripteur de forme)
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État-Providence.
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Added Author |
Thakur, Subhash Madhav, 1946- author.
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Keen, Michael, author.
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Horváth, Balázs, author.
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Cerra, Valerie, author.
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International Monetary Fund, issuing body.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Sweden's welfare state. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, ©2003 (DLC) 2004297967 (OCoLC)52242715 |
ISBN |
9781451940046 (electronic book) |
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1451940041 (electronic book) |
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1589061586 |
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9781589061583 |
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