”The other day, Fox Business praised Sweden as “Europe’s golden child” — citing better growth than the EU average, relatively sound public finances, and signs of a quiet capitalist comeback. Watch the segment here

I’ll admit it: it felt pretty good to hear.
For once, we’re not the cautionary tale of Europe. We’re the one doing slightly better.

But let’s not get carried away.
The bar is set extremely low. When France, Italy and a heavily regulated EU are the competition, even modest improvements look impressive. We still have sky-high taxes, a bloated public sector, and politicians on the left eager to raise taxes even further — while gambling pension money on high-risk green projects like Northvolt and Stegra.

So yes, it’s nice to get a rare compliment from American business media.

We’re just not quite ready to pop the champagne yet.
We’re still very much European.

We just happen to be the one coughing the least in the ward right now.

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