06082oam 22014654 450 991078075130332120230207232137.01-4623-2088-01-4527-4023-21-283-53764-897866138500961-4519-4004-1(CKB)2470000000001333(EBL)3012436(SSID)ssj0000089762(PQKBManifestationID)11417805(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089762(PQKBWorkID)10092014(PQKB)11051572(MiAaPQ)EBC3012436(Au-PeEL)EBL3012436(CaPaEBR)ebr10300199(CaONFJC)MIL385009(OCoLC)652214219(IMF)SWSCEE(EXLCZ)99247000000000133320020129d2003 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSweden's Welfare State : Can the Bumblebee Keep Flying? /Subhash Thakur, Valerie Cerra, Balázs Horváth, Michael KeenWashington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2003.1 online resource (151 p.)BooksDescription based upon print version of record.1-58906-158-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-128) and index.""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction and Overview""; ""2 Main Elements of the Swedish Welfare State""; ""3 The Swedish Growth Experience""; ""4 Growth, Government, and the Welfare State""; ""5 Labor Market Interventions""; ""6 Investment and Savings""; ""7 Redistribution""; ""8 Pressures on the Welfare State""; ""9 Achievements, Lessons, and the Way Ahead""; ""Appendix A Primer on Marginal and Average Effective Rates of Capital Income Taxation""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""The Authors""Sweden has long been viewed as epitomizing a particular approach to economic and social policy. To its advocates, the Swedish welfare state builds on a strong social consensus favoring extensive state intervention to ensure a high quality of life for all Swedes. To its critics, the Swedish system is marked by excessive government intervention and attendant inefficiencies. These contrasting views are captured in imagery used by Prime Minister Göran Persson: "Think of a bumblebee. With its overly heavy body and little wings, supposedly it should not be able to fly--but it does." The Swedish welfare state is the bumblebee that has managed to fly. This book draws on many years of IMF surveillance and policy advice to explain how it has done so, to assess the challenges that the Swedish model faces in the new century, to propose a strategy for dealing with those challenges, and to draw lessons for the many other countries that face similar challenges from globalization and demographics.BooksWelfare statePublic welfareSwedenLabor marketSwedenLaborimfMacroeconomicsimfPublic FinanceimfTaxationimfCorporate TaxationimfAggregate Factor Income DistributionimfTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: GeneralimfBusiness Taxes and SubsidiesimfNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: GeneralimfDemand and Supply of Labor: GeneralimfPersonal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and SubsidiesimfPublic finance & taxationimfLabourimfincome economicsimfCorporate & business taximfPensionsimfCurrencyimfForeign exchangeimfIncomeimfExpenditureimfLabor marketsimfCorporate taxesimfRevenue administrationimfNational accountsimfTaxesimfCorporate income taximfCorporationsimfExpenditures, PublicimfRevenueimfLabor marketimfIncome taximfSwedenEconomic policySwedenEconomic conditionsSwedenSocial conditionsSwedenimfWelfare state.Public welfareLabor marketLaborMacroeconomicsPublic FinanceTaxationCorporate TaxationAggregate Factor Income DistributionTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: GeneralBusiness Taxes and SubsidiesNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: GeneralDemand and Supply of Labor: GeneralPersonal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and SubsidiesPublic finance & taxationLabourincome economicsCorporate & business taxPensionsCurrencyForeign exchangeIncomeExpenditureLabor marketsCorporate taxesRevenue administrationNational accountsTaxesCorporate income taxCorporationsExpenditures, PublicRevenueLabor marketIncome tax330.9485Thakur Subhash1489562Cerra Valerie1489563Horváth Balázs1160504Keen Michael125941International Monetary Fund.DcWaIMFBOOK9910780751303321Sweden's Welfare State3710308UNINA