06322oam 22015734 450 991095605750332120250426110723.0978661385009697814623208821462320880978145274023214527402329781283537643128353764897814519400461451940041(CKB)2470000000001333(EBL)3012436(SSID)ssj0000089762(PQKBManifestationID)11417805(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089762(PQKBWorkID)10092014(PQKB)11051572(Au-PeEL)EBL3012436(CaPaEBR)ebr10300199(CaONFJC)MIL385009(OCoLC)652214219(IMF)SWSCEE(MiAaPQ)EBC3012436(IMF)SWSCEA(Perlego)1668313SWSCEA(EXLCZ)99247000000000133320020129d2003 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSweden's Welfare State : Can the Bumblebee Keep Flying? /Subhash Thakur, Valerie Cerra, Balázs Horváth, Michael Keen1st ed.Washington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2003.1 online resource (151 p.)BooksDescription based upon print version of record.9781589061583 1589061586 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 marketSwedenAggregate Factor Income DistributionimfBusiness Taxes and SubsidiesimfCorporate & business taximfCorporate income taximfCorporate TaxationimfCorporate taxesimfCorporationsimfCurrencyimfDemand and Supply of Labor: GeneralimfExpenditureimfExpenditures, PublicimfForeign exchangeimfIncome economicsimfIncome taximfIncomeimfLabor marketimfLabor marketsimfLaborimfLabourimfMacroeconomicsimfNational accountsimfNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: GeneralimfPensionsimfPersonal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and SubsidiesimfPublic finance & taxationimfPublic FinanceimfRevenue administrationimfRevenueimfTaxationimfTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: GeneralimfTaxesimfSwedenEconomic policySwedenEconomic conditionsSwedenSocial conditionsSwedenimfWelfare state.Public welfareLabor marketAggregate Factor Income DistributionBusiness Taxes and SubsidiesCorporate & business taxCorporate income taxCorporate TaxationCorporate taxesCorporationsCurrencyDemand and Supply of Labor: GeneralExpenditureExpenditures, PublicForeign exchangeIncome economicsIncome taxIncomeLabor marketLabor marketsLaborLabourMacroeconomicsNational accountsNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: GeneralPensionsPersonal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and SubsidiesPublic finance & taxationPublic FinanceRevenue administrationRevenueTaxationTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: GeneralTaxes330.9485Thakur Subhash1804300Cerra Valerie1804301Horváth Balázs1160504Keen Michael125941International Monetary Fund.DcWaIMFBOOK9910956057503321Sweden's Welfare State4352251UNINA