Why Did the Swedish Model Fail?

'From Marx to Market' is not only the title of a well-known book or a play on words: the slogan can also be used as a telegraphed history of the Swedish labour movement. The late 19th century pioneers of the movement were strongly influenced by German marxists and had as a concrete goal the transfer of the means of production into collective ownership. Their modern followers have abandoned - as have most socialists in Western democracies - the issue of ownership as the essence of socialism. The market economy is now generally accepted as the arena for the exchange of privately produced goods and services - albeit with restrictions and modifications in the interest of a fair distribution of wealth

Zur Problematik einer nationalen Lohnpolitik Grenzen lohnpolitischer Nivellierungsbestrebungen in Schweden

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Die Expansion des oeffentlichen Sektors einige Ueberlegungen auf Grundlage der schwedischen Entwicklung

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Begriff, Ziel und Rahmenbedingungen des schwedischen Modells einer selektiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik

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Neither Prophets of Doom nor Facile Optimism

This paper views the Swedish wage earner fund debate in the context of various theories about the transition to socialism. It reviews the ideas of the participants in the debate and of various theorists. The conclusion is that a transition to socialism may come about at some time in the future through either a revolutionary or gradual transition.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/68595/2/10.1177_048661349302500207.pd