Against all odds: the Nordic welfare states

Low income disparity, high taxes and generous welfare benefits are the perfect recipe for economic disaster - in theory. But the Nordic welfare states are prospering with exactly that formula. Now, 55 top-notch researchers at the ESOP research centre, one of Norway's eight new Centres of Excellence, will investigate why. (News from the Research Council of Norway)

Published Oct. 4, 2007 9:37 AM - Last modified May 13, 2019 9:22 AM