This paper discusses a number of questions with regard to Sweden's economic and political development: How did Sweden … become rich? What explains Sweden's high level of income equality? What were the causes of Sweden's problems from 1970 to … 1995? How is it possible that Sweden, since the crisis of the early 1990s, is growing faster than most EU countries despite …

In this paper, I explore the politically contested association between the degree of capitalism, captured by measures …

-tax, low-regulation capitalism will generate extreme capital accumulation, and that persistent wealth equalization requires …

capitalism, disfavors women. This could take many forms, such as lower wages for the same type of work, reduced career … satisfaction such that capitalism confers more life satisfaction on men than on women. We test empirically whether this concern is … differences, and in the cases we do, the estimates reveal a more beneficial outcome for women. Hence, we conclude that capitalism …

Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. The Social …