[:sv]One of the great experiences in life is reading a text which suddenly throws new light on an issue or expresses a feeling which had been nagging away at you without reaching expression. It has happened to me when I have read some of the classics of liberal thought. And, bizarrely, it happened a few […]
[:sv]Almost exactly a year ago, I found myself reporting the fuss in Brussels about the failure of the Lisbon Strategy, the European Union’s 10-year plan to make Europe ”the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion, and respect for the environment […]
[:sv]Ever since the idea of nations and nationality gained serious popularity in the 18th and 19th centuries, peoples across the world have asked themselves that most basic of questions: Who are we? For Swedes, the answer has, for the last 50 years, included some kind of notion of collectivist semi-socialism, with their country the epitome […]
[:sv]Sie zahlen gern hohe Steuern, mögen den Staat und sind stolz auf ihr »Sozialmodell«. Aber vielleicht wählen sie am Sonntag trotzdem rechts. Wann, wenn nicht jetzt? Vielleicht passiert dieses Mal in Schweden, der Mutter aller Wohlfahrtsstaaten, was dort eigentlich nicht passieren kann, und das sozialdemokratische Modellvolk wählt sich eine neue, eine andere, eine bürgerliche Regierung. Läs hela […]