En amerikansk ekonoms förväntnngar på Sverige och Danmark...
En viss
Bryan Caplan flänger just nu omkring i Danmark och Sverige, och dyker snart upp i
Stockholm. Hans
förväntningar på resan:
2. Middle-class Danes and Swedes will be noticeably poorer than middle-class Americans, especially on the vital dimensions of living space, car ownership, and meat consumption.
3. There will be 75% fewer beggars per block than in major U.S. cities, but somehow even in "the People's Home," they'll be there.
4. I will perceive the Danish and Swedish systems to be extremely oppressive of high-ability and materialistic people. In fact, all things considered, I will deem Singapore a freer country.
5. However, aside from a few indigenous libertarians, these oppressed classes will suffer from false consciousness - just like the Singaporeans who laughed in unison when I denounced conscription as state slavery.
Vad säger ni, får han sina fördomar/gissningar bekräftade?
Och hur ska jag övertyga honom om att det inte är falskt medvetande när jag säger att jag trivs ganska bra här i välfärdsstaten?
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