Episod 8. Optimistisk Anders Borg

[@morganjohansson3341]

Ni får aldrig lägga ned kanalen. Tack för ännu ett bra avsnitt. Trevlig helg!

[@jensericsson1062]

Ni är väldigt duktiga, båda två! Riktigt lärorikt och roande att lyssna till er och era gäster! 👏

[@ThomasB-uv3bg]

Tack för en väldigt bra pod!!🎉

[@bettybaluka2832]

AEFH..EKA🚑🚔🛸

[@aktieutbildning]

Riktig bra intervju!

[@elliottegner1258]

Tack för ännu ett intressant avsnitt. Trevlig helg!

[@erlindaekvall6229]

That is a pipe dream. Sweden, for example, has declined relatively in GDP/per capita, and in the quality of education and infrastructure. One and a half million people, of working age, live on welfare and are not contributing, but being a burden on the country. That does not bode well. Don't compare Sweden with Greece and Italy.

[@erlindaekvall6229]

As regards property/land tax - it is according to The Economist one of the best forms of taxation. They also advocate for inheritance tax.

[@erlindaekvall6229]

Your optimism as regards Africa is unrealistic. The biggest problems in Africa are incompetent, corrupt and abusive governance. They are relatively poorer today than they were when they got independence despite trillions of dollars in aid.

[@erlindaekvall6229]

It is not necessarily a good thing to own your house. It reduces mobility in the labour market. Also, many individuals lack the capacity to manage a mortgage well.

[@JB-xv4bw]

jag tror ni ska ha Anders Borg som gäst en gång i månaden!

[@MrHepp]

Säger Anders Borg "Sveitsch"?

[@john-olofbauner6494]

Inte 8 triljoner antar jag utan biljoner.

[@erlindaekvall6229]

If history is any guide there are few better investments than a low-cost S&P 500 ETF.

[@johnrockyakarambobalboa8898]

konspiratoriskt lagda.... kritiskt tänkande...

[@johnrockyakarambobalboa8898]

ekonomiska verkligheten. sen den B--skånskan.. lomma?

[@erlindaekvall6229]

The Swedish model is based on socialism. Socialism has never worked anywhere ever. The relative decline Sweden has experienced over the last couple of decades is due to socialism. Half the population can not manage without some form of "bidrag". Clearly, that is not a good model to emulate.

[@byggerEttSlott]

Swedish socialism is fake socialism, thats why it is and has been working for so long. Modern Sweden is in many regards more capitalistic than US. As an example, Sweden has no minimum wages and a labor market pretty much without state influence. On the other hand US has food stamps and similar government programs as well as state monopolies such as United States Postal Service. Sweden today is honestly a really bad example of a socialistic country. Maybe that was fair in the 70thies, but not today.

[@christiansandberg9612]

The Swedish model where employers and unions make up much of the working agreements (and doesn’t require laws on everything) is not about ”bidrag”, on the contrary actually.

[@erlindaekvall6229]

@@christiansandberg9612 If you by the Swedish model just refer to unions negotiating pay with employers you are right. However, a broader understanding of the Swedish model is a socialist welfare and nanny state caring for you from cradle to grave telling you to eat 7 slices of bread per day and not drink more than 4 beers per month. The collective bargaining might have worked. The socialist welfare state is not working with 1,500,000 of working age living on "bidrag"

[@byggerEttSlott]

The US also has dietary guidelines and among other things recommend you to eat whole grain bread. So what exactly is your point? And the Swedish model has always referred to the almost world-unique model where no minimum wage exist, instead the free market of unions and companies negotiate the salary floor. Sweden is in this regard one of the most capitalistic countries, much more so than having the government decide how much a McDonald’s employee is allowed to earn. Sweden is socialist in name only and anyone with eyes to see will notice it

[@erlindaekvall6229]

@@byggerEttSlott The way pay is arrived at in Sweden may have some elements of the free market. On the other hand, are all carpenters, masons etc. equally good and deserving of equal pay? A better way of measuring socialism is to determine tax as a percentage of GDP. In other words how much of the economy is controlled and run by the state. This indicator puts Sweden on the extreme left. My point is that Sweden has not done well for many years. Look at infrastructure, education, healthcare, crime people on benefits etc. No matter what you call it, the Swedish model or anything else, it does not work well. Also, the nanny state (the 7 slices of bread) makes Sweden the but of jokes. Perhaps people should be allowed more of their own decisions.