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DESCRIPTION:In his new book "Viking Economics: How The Scandanavians Got It Right And 
 How We Can Too",  retired Swarthmore College professor, George Lakey, who 
 has lived and worked in Norway tells an uplifting story. What economists 
 call “the Nordic model” puts Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden at the 
 top tier of international ratings.  That includes education, abundance of 
 jobs, health care, and security for all people.  Only Norway found 
 substantial oil. All four Nordics were nimble in bouncing back from the 
 2008 crisis that still bedevils Europe and the U.S. \n \nThe book tells a 
 human story: what is it like to be a professional in Norway, or a parent or 
 student or worker or entrepreneur or farmer or retired person or immigrant? 
 The reader will meet people from many walks of life, even the author’s 
 Norwegian family of in-laws.\n \nSurprises in the book include the fact 
 that Norway has more start-ups per capita than the U.S., and Sweden 
 outpaces the U.S. economy’s innovativeness.  Denmark is racing ahead to 
 achieve carbon neutrality and already generates enough wind power to sell 
 surplus to Germany. Iceland’s low crime rate is the envy of Europe; in 
 the years since 2008 Iceland increased its already high economic 
 equality.\n \nNordic societies are not utopian.  Racial and ethnic 
 diversity challenges them. Women have not fully broken the “glass 
 ceiling,” although they have 40% of corporate board seats and give 
 significant political leadership.   For brief periods Swedes, Icelanders, 
 and Norwegians did de-regulate their financial sectors, with disastrous 
 consequences that forced them back to their Nordic model.  The book tells 
 the dramatic story of how they waged their own struggles for democracy and 
 freedom, and opened the space to create a model that others learn from.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/12/30/18795019.php
SUMMARY:Viking Economics: How The Scandanavians Got It Right And How We Can Too
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\n1680 Market Street\nSan Francisco, CA  94102
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/12/30/18795019.php
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