TY - BOOK ID - 11262955 TI - Sweden's Welfare State : Can the Bumblebee Keep Flying? AU - Thakur, Subhash. AU - Cerra, Valerie. AU - Horváth, Balázs. AU - Keen, Michael. AU - International Monetary Fund. PY - 2003 SN - 1589061586 1462320880 9786613850096 1451940041 1452740232 1283537648 9781451940046 9781589061583 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Labor market -- Sweden. KW - Public welfare -- Sweden. KW - Sweden -- Economic conditions. KW - Sweden -- Economic policy. KW - Sweden -- Social conditions. KW - Welfare state. KW - Welfare state KW - Public welfare KW - Labor market KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - 316.323.65 <485> KW - 316.32 <485> KW - -331.30 KW - 331.31 KW - 331.32 KW - SE / Sweden - Zweden - Suede KW - -Labor market KW - -330.9485 KW - Employees KW - Market, Labor KW - Supply and demand for labor KW - Markets KW - Benevolent institutions KW - Poor relief KW - Public assistance KW - Public charities KW - Public relief KW - Public welfare reform KW - Relief (Aid) KW - Social welfare KW - Welfare (Public assistance) KW - Welfare reform KW - Human services KW - Social service KW - State, Welfare KW - Economic policy KW - Social policy KW - State, The KW - Welfare economics KW - Verzorgingsstaat. Welvaartsstaat--Zweden KW - Globale samenlevingsvormen--Zweden KW - Economische toestand. KW - Economisch beleid. KW - Structuur van de economie. KW - Supply and demand KW - Government policy KW - Sweden KW - Economic conditions. KW - Economic policy. KW - 316.32 <485> Globale samenlevingsvormen--Zweden KW - 316.323.65 <485> Verzorgingsstaat. Welvaartsstaat--Zweden KW - Social conditions. KW - 330.9485 KW - 331.30 KW - Economische toestand KW - Economisch beleid KW - Structuur van de economie KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11262955 AB - 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. ER -