Something Not Rotten in Denmark

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By Paul Krugman

Opinion Columnist

• Aug. 16, 2018

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Danes tend to be happier than Americans and find life more satisfying.CreditJane Beiles for The New York Times
To be or not to be a socialist hellhole, that is the question. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.

Last weekend, Trish Regan, a Fox Business host, created a bit of an international incident by describing Denmark as an example of the horrors of socialism, right along with Venezuela. Denmark’s finance minister suggested that she visit his country and learn some facts.

Indeed, Regan couldn’t have picked a worse example — or, from the point of view of U.S. progressives, a better one.

For Denmark has indeed taken a very different path from the United States over the past few decades, veering (modestly) to the left where we’ve veered right. And it has done just fine.


Indeed, Regan couldn’t have picked a worse example — or, from the point of view of U.S. progressives, a better one.

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