Introduction -- Economic equality -- Gender equality -- Generational equality -- Combining equality and affluence -- The self-reinforcing nature of Nordic equality -- The art of compromise -- The deep historical roots of Nordic equality -- Challenges ahead -- Conclusion.

Danes love sharing, caring and communal singing, Auld Lang Syne, 99 bottles of Carlsberg, and public welfare for all. This sounds too good to be true - and it is. Like every great fairy tale, the model welfare state has a dark side. Carsten Jensen, tax-funded welfare authority at Aarhus...