Yes. There was a Brookings book on Sweden some time ago that motivates their outlook. I don't remember what it said about LM mgmt.
max Max B. Sawicky wrote: >Sweden is the liberal mainstream ideal because it is >viewed as a place with relatively little market-distorting >policy and a reliance on tax and transfer mechanisms to >uphold social welfare. But they seriously interefere(d) with the labor market and created one of the most egalitarian societies in the world. A high-wage policy forced companies to invest more than they would have otherwise. The ideology was one of solidarity and decommodification. That's all well beyond standard-issue liberalism, no? Doug
