Category: Europe

Norway Breaks with Social Democracy

Oct 3, 2013

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Economics, Europe, Politics, Public Policy

New Geography: Norway Breaks with Social Democracy Largely uncommented on in the US press, Europe’s long-standing social democratic tilt has changed. During recent years, almost all Western European nations have seen a dramatic fall in support for the traditional Social Democratic parties, which for so long have dominated the political landscapes. In response, the centre-left…
Saturday Links

Sep 14, 2013

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1. Population Reference Bureau has a great resource that maps their 2013 World Population Data Sheet on an interactive map. Here is one example: 2. Modern family redefined: Say 'goodbye' to the typical American family A New York Times story looking at the skyrocketing rate of birth outside of marriage among women under 30 (now…
Saturday Links

Mar 2, 2013

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1. Conventional wisdom says wearing the red shirt in Star Trek will get you killed. Not so fast. Statistical analysis in Significance Magazine disagrees. (Keep your redshirt on: a Bayesian exploration) "… In spite of wearing a redshirt, there is only an 8.6% chance of a member of the operations or engineering departments becoming a…
The Nordic countries: The next supermodel

Feb 13, 2013

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mwkruse

in Economics, Europe, Politics, Public Policy, Socialism

The Economist: The Nordic countries: The next supermodel Politicians from both right and left could learn from the Nordic countries. …The idea of lean Nordic government will come as a shock both to French leftists who dream of socialist Scandinavia and to American conservatives who fear that Barack Obama is bent on “Swedenisation”. They are…
Nordic Countries Reinventing Their Model of Capitalism

Feb 4, 2013

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Economics, Europe, Socialism

The Economist: Nordic Countries Reinventing Their Model of Capitalism … Sweden has reduced public spending as a proportion of GDP from 67% in 1993 to 49% today. It could soon have a smaller state than Britain. It has also cut the top marginal tax rate by 27 percentage points since 1983, to 57%, and scrapped…
Saturday Links

Dec 22, 2012

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(Like the Kruse Kronicle on Facebook if you want links to daily posts to appear in your Facebook feed.) 1. Several articles I saw this week reflect on data presented in The Pew Forum's The Global Religious Landscape: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Major Religious Groups as of 2010. Here…
The Rise of “No Religion” in England and Wales

Dec 11, 2012

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mwkruse

in Europe, Religion, Trends: Social

Economist: You gotta have faith The latest British census shows the country's increasingly secular tilt Read more on the Census here.
Global Trends 2030

Dec 11, 2012

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mwkruse

in Africa, China, Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Europe, Globalization, International Affairs, Technology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

AP: Report: Asian economies will surpass US, Europe AP has a story summarizing Global Trends 2030, a report put out by the U.S. Intelligence community. … The study said that in a best-case scenario, Americans, together with nearly two-thirds of the world's population, will be middle class, mostly living in cities, connected by advanced technology,…
Africa For Norway: Viral Video Pokes Fun At Stereotypes In Aid Efforts

Dec 6, 2012

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mwkruse

in Africa, Economic Development, Europe, Humor, Public Policy

NPR: Africa For Norway: Viral Video Pokes Fun At Stereotypes In Aid Efforts A group of South African students and an aid agency in Norway are challenging the stereotypical image of Africa as a continent riddled with conflict, disease, corruption, poverty, and brutal dictatorships needing rescue from developed nations. … … The video is humorous,…
The Nordic Economic Model: Do Americans Know What They Are Arguing About?

Oct 15, 2012

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, Economics, Europe, Politics, Socialism

Ever heard something like this? "Obama is going to make America a socialist country like those Europeans." or "We need a more just economic system like they have in Europe." Whenever discussions of economic systems arise in the U. S., we always seem to be comparing to "Europe." I write Europe in quotes because there…