Sweden's economy through a different lens

Caring Social Programs + Fiscally Conservative Policy + Free Market Economy = Economic Success (?)

So says C. Fred Bergsten, senior fellow and director emeritus at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

This interesting Washington Post opinion piece "The Swedish Model for Economic Recovery" passed along by Kim Otis, Campaign Director, might prove quite useful to those of you who are talking with more conservative folks about evidence of economically successful caring societies.

Essentially, this discussion of Sweden's economic recovery stresses that it is the combination of social welfare programs and fiscally conservative policies that have enabled Sweden's economy to thrive.

It is so nice to hear from a economically grounded source the argument that caring social programs and well-administered free-market economies are not an either/or proposition, but rather can be a both/and proposition - leading to great success and prosperity!

See what you think...