92 percent prefer Swedish model to US model when given a choice
Americans generally underestimate the degree of income inequality in the United States, and if given a choice, would distribute wealth in a similar way to the social democracies of Scandinavia, a new study finds.
For decades, polls have shown that a plurality of Americans — around 40 percent — consider themselves conservative, while only around 20 percent self-identify as liberals. But a new study from two noted economists casts doubt on what values lie beneath those political labels.
According to research (PDF) carried out by Michael I. Norton of Harvard Business School and Dan Ariely of Duke University, and flagged by Paul Kedrosky at the Infectious Greed blog, 92 percent of Americans would choose to live in a society with far less income disparity than the US, choosing Sweden’s model over that of the US.
HELL YES I WOULD LIKE THE SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THE SOCIAL DEMOCRACIES OF SCANDINAVIA PLZ
The data is ridiculously outdated and flawed. 92% of the “people” interested in the process would carry the Democratic...
Ah, the American Dream.
Scandinavia is ahead of the curve. That’s what I tell all the Danes I meet when they tell me about their free education...
Interesting study for my friendly Swedemerican to contemplate.
But … what happened to fighting for the rights of the wealthy? Protecting their tax cuts? Because, honestly, do YOU want...
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