More for Less; Welfare  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 406 no. 8821 (Feb. 2013), page SS5-SS6.
Topik: Welfare; Politics; Public Policy; Social Conditions & Trends; Economic Crisis

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When this correspondent tried to summon up appropriate images for the spirit of the Nordic region he found himself turning to the welfare state: Swedish fathers enjoying a leisurely lunch while their children sleep in prams (Sweden's paternity leave is among the most generous in the world); Danish mothers cycling, helmetless, through the early morning mist with their children in sidecars (Copenhagen has more than 350km of cycle lanes, and a third of the population cycles to work); a Finnish physics teacher discussing the nature of elegance with a class of 15-year-olds (Finland regularly comes near the top of international league tables for educational attainment). The Nordics still have the world's most generous welfare states, but a succession of crises put an end to the region's magical thinking about welfare. Denmark went into freefall in the early 1980s. Finland imploded in the early 1990s when the collapse of communism killed its most reliable market. Sweden and Norway faced serious financial crises at about the same time. These events are still fairly fresh in people's memories. Policymakers responded to these near-death experiences by changing their habits, above all by putting their budgets back into balance.

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