Reply #40: What about Sweden? [View All]

[Telly Savalas]

They may have a better socially safety net and more government involvement in the economy, but ultimately they have a market driven economy where capital plays a key role.

If the path the U.S. is taking is an inevitable consequence of capitalism, then how is it that some European social democracies can easily stray from this path with the implementation of some key reforms aimed at maintaining economic justice?

Economic growth has been pretty steady in Sweden for the last 50 years:

http://www.scb.se/templates/tableOrChart____26664.asp

Are the Swedish people oppressed?