Sweden is a model of social democracy in which the Social Democratic Party has long been in power, and in which … Sweden was in the past relatively low, but in recent years has shown a tendency to undergo a structural increase, and some … evolution of wealth and income inequality within Sweden. The Swedish welfare system, whose core elements are social security …

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 …