Sweden

["Rosser Jr, John Barkley" <rosserjb@xxxxxxx>]

     Just two points.  One is that the peak of "everything
being good" in the early 80s also coincides with the end of
the nationwide collective bargaining that had been around
since 1938.  It ended in 1983.  I note that this means that
Sweden has not been part of the recent "corporatist
revival" that includes places like the Netherlands,
Austria, and Norway, all of which are in better shape these
days than Sweden.  I would also claim that this is a
variant on incomes policies and hence very Post Keynesian.
     The other point is to claim that there are some older
economists in some provincial institutions who remain
Keynesian to varying degrees.  However they are by and
large keeping their heads down out of genuine fear and
loathing of Lindbeck who does seem to exert an awesome and
awful power over Swedish economic academia.  I also think
that some of the economists associated with the trade
unions are not so bad.  But, I think I'll not name any
names for fear of getting people in trouble...
Barkley Rosser

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