Scandinavia Has Never Been a Good Socialist Model

About this episode

Chris Talgo discusses the misconceptions surrounding Scandinavian socialism on Pelle Neroth Taylor's show.

The other day, Heartland Institute Editorial Director Chris Talgo, who is also a research fellow at our Socialism Research Center, was a guest on the nationally syndicated Pelle Neroth Taylor Show. Pelle apparently got notice of a paper Chris and Heartland's Justin Haskins wrote back in 2019 titled "Debunking the Scandinavian Socialism Myth: An Evaluation of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Chris was on Pelle's program to talk about that paper. It's a fascinating conversation. Have a listen. And read the paper that got the attention of Pelle Neroth Taylor here: https://heartland.org/publications/policy-brief-debunking-the-scandinavian-socialism-myth-an-evaluation-of-denmark-norway-and-sweden/

People in this episode

Host: Pelle Neroth Taylor

Guest: Chris Talgo

Topics covered

• Scandinavian socialism
• economic models
• socialism critique
• Denmark
• Norway
• Sweden

Keywords

• Scandinavian socialism
• Chris Talgo
• Pelle Neroth Taylor
• Heartland Institute
• economic evaluation
• Denmark
• Norway
• Sweden

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Heartland Institute

Books & works: Debunking the Scandinavian Socialism Myth: An Evaluation of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

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