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9. “Socialism in America,” Economist, August 30, 2018, https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/08/30/socialism-in-america.
10. Dembicki, “Socialism Is Incredibly Popular but Does Anyone Know What ‘Socialism’ Is?”
11. “Socialism in America,” Economist, August 30, 2018, https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/08/30/socialism-in-america.
12. Dembicki, “Socialism Is Incredibly Popular but Does Anyone Know What ‘Socialism’ Is?”
13. Jack Staples-Butler, “The Falsity of the Sanders Venezuela Meme,” Quillette, March 10, 2018, https://quillette.com/2018/03/10/sanders-venezuela-meme/.
14. Ibid.
15. George Reisman, “Why Nazism Was Socialism and Why Socialism Is Totalitarian,” Mises Institute, November 11, 2005, https://mises.org/library/why-nazism-was-socialism-and-why-socialism-totalitarian.
Chapter 11: Bernie Sanders Is Too Liberal to Get Elected in Denmark
1. Nima Sanandaji, “5 Myths About Nordic Socialism Peddled by the Left,” The Stream, September 6, 2016, https://stream.org/5-myths-nordic-socialism-mislead-the-american-left/.
2. Moody, “Bernie Sanders’ American Dream Is in Denmark.”
3. “Transcript of the Democratic Presidential Debate,” New York Times, February 5, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/us/politics/transcript-of-the-democratic-presidential-debate.html.
4. Valerie Richardson, “Corporate Taxes Would ‘Absolutely’ Go Back Up if Democrats Win Senate in 2018,” Washington Times, December 17, 2017, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/17/sen-bernie-sanders-corporate-taxes-would-absolutel/.
5. Moody, “Bernie Sanders’ American Dream Is in Denmark.”
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
Chapter 12: No, Bernie, Scandinavia is not Socialist
1. Murray N. Rothbard, “The End of Socialism and the Calculation Debate Revisited,” Mises Institute, December 8, 2006, https://mises.org/library/end-socialism-and-calculation-debate-revisited.
2. Giancarlo Sopo, “Debunking Socialist Myths: 90 Percent of Scandinavia’s Wealth Is Privately Owned,” Federalist, August 17, 2018, http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/17/debunking-socialist-myths-90-percent-scandinavias-wealth-privately-owned/.
3. Corey Iacono, “The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism,” Foundation for Economic Education, February 25, 2016, https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-of-scandinavian-socialism/; Weiss, “Shattering the Myth of Nordic Socialism.”
4. John Larabell, “Scandinavia: Successful Socialism?,” New American, August 10, 2016, https://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/economics/item/23805-scandinavia-successful-socialism.
5. Sopo, “Debunking Socialist Myths,” The Federalist, August 17, 2018.
6. Tyler Cowen, “Denmark’s Nice, Yes, but Danes Live Better in U.S.,” Mercatus Center, August 16, 2016, https://www.mercatus.org/expert_commentary/denmarks-nice-yes-danes-live-better-us; Tyler Cowen, “The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism,” Las Vegas Review Journal, August 20, 2016, https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/the-myth-of-scandinavian-socialism/.
7. Jesse M. Plunkett, “Putting an End to the Venezuela vs. Sweden Debate,” Orlando Sentinel, October 25, 2018, https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-op-us-democratic-socialists-dont-get-scandinavia-20181025-story.html.
8. Jordan Drischler, “Self-Identified Socialists Don’t Know What They’re Talking About,” Pitt News, September 6, 2016, https://pittnews.com/article/110288/opinions/columns/self-identified-socialists-dont-know-theyre-talking/.
9. Plunkett, “Putting an End to the Venezuela vs. Sweden Debate.”
Chapter 13: Sweden’s Riches Actually Came from Capitalism
1. Dorfman, “Sorry Bernie Bros but Nordic Countries Are Not Socialist.”
2. Ibid.
3. Matt Palumbo, “Does Socialism Work in Scandinavia?,” The Dan Bongino Show, July 10, 2018, https://bongino.com/does-socialism-work-in-scandinavia-part-1/.
4. Dorfman, “Sorry Bernie Bros but Nordic Countries Are Not Socialist.”
5. Palumbo, “Does Socialism Work in Scandinavia?”
6. Rich Lowry, “Sorry, Bernie—Scandinavia Is No Socialist Paradise After All,” New York Post, October 19, 2015, https://nypost.com/2015/10/19/sorry-bernie-scandinavia-is-no-socialist-paradise-after-all/.
7. Weiss, “Shattering the Myth of Nordic Socialism”; Drischler, “Self-Identified Socialists Don’t Know What They’re Talking About.”
8. Iacono, “The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism.”
9. Dorfman, “Sorry Bernie Bros but Nordic Countries Are Not Socialist.”
10. Chris Matthews, “What the Left Gets Wrong About Scandinavia,” Fortune, January 26, 2016, http://fortune.com/2016/01/26/democrat-bernie-sanders-scandinavia-socialism/.
11. Palumbo, “Does Socialism Work in Scandinavia?”
12. Catherine Boyle, “Clinton and Sanders: Why the Big Deal About Denmark?,” CNBC, October 14, 2015, https://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/14/clinton-and-sanders-why-the-big-deal-about-denmark.html.
13. Palumbo, “Does Socialism Work in Scandinavia?”
14. Plunkett, “Putting an End to the Venezuela vs. Sweden Debate.”
15. Daniel Lacalle, “Face It, Nordic Counties Aren’t Socialist,” Mises Institute, June 8, 2018, https://mises.org/wire/face-it-nordic-countries-arent-socialist.
16. Jesús Fernández-Villaverde and Lee E. Ohanian, “How Sweden Overcame Socialism,” Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2019, https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-sweden-overcame-socialism-11547078767?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1.
17. Plunkett, “Putting an End to the Venezuela vs. Sweden Debate.”
18. Drischler, “Self-Identified Socialists Don’t Know What They’re Talking About.”
19. Sanandaji, “5 Myths About Nordic Socialism Peddled by the Left.”
20. Jeff Jacoby, “No, Bernie Sanders, Scandinavia Is Not a Socialist Utopia,” Boston Globe, October 15, 2016, https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/10/15/bernie-sanders-scandinavia-not-socialist-utopia/lUk9N7dZotJRbvn8PosoIN/story.html.
21. Rich Lowry, “Sorry, Bernie—Scandinavia Is No Socialist Paradise After All,” New York Post, October 19, 2015, https://nypost.com/2015/10/19/sorry-bernie-scandinavia-is-no-socialist-paradise-after-all/.
22. Sanandaji, “5 Myths About Nordic Socialism Peddled by the Left.”
23. Stefan Karlsson, “The Sweden Myth,” Mises Institute, August 7, 2006, https://mises.org/library/sweden-myth.
24. Ibid.
25. John Larabell, “Scandinavia: Successful Socialism?,” New American, August 10, 2016, https://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/economics/item/23805-scandinavia-successful-socialism.
26. Ibid.
27. Karlsson, “The Sweden Myth.”
28. Ibid.
29. Sanandaji, “5 Myths About Nordic Socialism Peddled by the Left.”
30. Karlsson, “The Sweden Myth.”
31. Ibid.
Chapter 14: The Nordic Model is Welfarism, Not Socialism
1. Corey Iacono, “The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism,” Foundation for Economic Education, February 25, 2016, https://fee.org/articles/The-Myth-Of-Scandinavian-Socialism/; Kai Weiss, “Shattering the Myth of Nordic Socialism,” Svensk Tidskrift, June 8, 2018, http://www.svensktidskrift.se/Shattering-The-Myth-Of-Nordic-Socialism/.
2. Johan Norberg, “Dead Wrong, with Johan Norberg—Swedish Taxes: Squeeze the Poor,” Free to Choose Network, September 12, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54gVHx3sbGk.
3. Palumbo, “Does Socialism Work in Scandinavia?”
4. Dorfman, “Sorry Bernie Bros but Nordic Countries Are Not Socialist.”
5. Plunkett, “Putting an End to the Venezuela vs. Sweden Debate.”
6. Dorfman, “Sorry Bernie Bros but Nordic Countries Are Not Socialist.”
7. “Socialism in America,” Economist, August 30, 2018, https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/08/30/socialism-in-america.
8. Barack Obama, “Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Reinfeldt of Sweden
in Joint Press Conference,” White House Archives, September 4, 2013, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/09/04/remarks-president-obama-and-prime-minister-reinfeldt-sweden-joint-press.
9. Nima Sanandaji, “Misreading the Nordic Model,” Foreign Affairs, August 17, 2016, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/northern-europe/2016-08-17/misreading-nordic-model.
10. Moody, “Bernie Sanders’ American Dream is in Denmark.”
11. Lars Hedegaard, “Denmark as a Model for American Socialists,” Gatestone Institute, May 21, 2019, https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12881/denmark-welfare-socialism.
12. Peter Levring, “Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100%,” Bloomberg, August 29, 2017, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-29/soon-cars-in-denmark-will-only-be-taxed-at-100.
13. Palumbo, “Does Socialism Work in Scandinavia?”
14. Larabell, “Scandinavia: Successful Socialism?”
15. Plunkett, “Putting an End to the Venezuela vs. Sweden Debate.”
Chapter 15: Sweden is Shrinking Taxes and Welfare
1. “SWEDEN. Something Souring in Utopia,” Time, July 19, 1976, http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914329,00.html.
2. Jeff Jacoby, “No, Bernie Sanders, Scandinavia Is Not a Socialist Utopia,” Boston Globe, October 15, 2016, https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/10/15/bernie-sanders-scandinavia-not-socialist-utopia/lUk9N7dZotJRbvn8PosoIN/story.html.
3. Drischler, “Self-Identified Socialists Don’t Know What They’re Talking About.”
4. Lowry, “Sorry, Bernie—Scandinavia Is No Socialist Paradise After All.”
5. Karlsson, “The Sweden Myth.”
6. Sanandaji, “5 Myths About Nordic Socialism Peddled by the Left,” The Stream, September 6, 2016, https://stream.org/5-myths-nordic-socialism-mislead-the-american-left/. Larabell, “Scandinavia: Successful Socialism?”
7. Karlsson, “The Sweden Myth.”
8. Drischler, “Self-Identified Socialists Don’t Know What They’re Talking About.”
9. Sanandaji, “5 Myths About Nordic Socialism Peddled by the Left.”
10. Larabell, “Scandinavia: Successful Socialism?”
11. Ibid.
12. Sanandaji, “5 Myths About Nordic Socialism Peddled by the Left.”
13. Lowry, “Sorry, Bernie—Scandinavia Is No Socialist Paradise After All.”
14. Daniel J. Mitchell, “Sweden Repeals Wealth Tax,” Cato Institute, March 31, 2007, https://www.cato.org/blog/sweden-repeals-wealth-tax.
15. Larabell, “Scandinavia: Successful Socialism?”
16. Jacoby, “No, Bernie Sanders, Scandinavia Is Not a Socialist Utopia.”
17. Karlsson, “The Sweden Myth.”
18. Mitchell, “Sweden Repeals Wealth Tax.”
19. Drischler, “Self-Identified Socialists Don’t Know What They’re Talking About.”
20. Mitchell, “Sweden Repeals Wealth Tax.”
21. “TV Says Borg Had Tax Waiver Deal in Sweden,” Chicago Tribune, January 13, 1998, https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-01-13-9801140296-story.html.
22. Lowry, “Sorry, Bernie—Scandinavia Is No Socialist Paradise After All.”
23. Sanandaji, “5 Myths About Nordic Socialism Peddled by the Left.”
24. Karlsson, “The Sweden Myth.”
25. Per Bylund, “Turning Their Backs on Sweden’s Welfare State,” Mises Institute, January 27, 2014, https://mises.org/wire/turning-their-backs-swedens-welfare-state.
26. Chris Matthews, “What the Left Gets Wrong About Scandinavia,” Fortune, January 26, 2016, http://fortune.com/2016/01/26/democrat-bernie-sanders-scandinavia-socialism/.
Chapter 16: Welfarism Requires High Middle-Class Taxes
1. Brian Riedl, “Why 70 Percent Tax Rates Cannot Finance Socialism,” National Review, January 8, 2019, https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-70-percent-tax-cannot-finance-socialism/.
2. Ben White, “Soak the Rich? Americans Say Go for It,” Politico, February 4, 2019, https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/04/democrats-taxes-economy-policy-2020-1144874.
3. Robert Bellafiore, “America Already Has a Progressive Tax System,” Tax Foundation, January 11, 2019, https://taxfoundation.org/america-progressive-tax-system/.
4. Palumbo, “Does Socialism Work in Scandinavia?”
5. Kai Weiss, “Shattering the Myth of Nordic Socialism,” Svensk Tidskrift, June 8, 2018, http://www.svensktidskrift.se/shattering-the-myth-of-nordic-socialism/.
6. José Niño, “Dismantling the Myth of Scandinavian Exceptionalism,” American Institute for Economic Research, January 13, 2018, https://www.aier.org/article/dismantling-myth-scandinavian-exceptionalism.
7. Mitchell, “Sweden Repeals Wealth Tax,” Cato Institute, March 31, 2007, https://www.cato.org/blog/sweden-repeals-wealth-tax.
8. Per Bylund, “Turning Their Backs on Sweden’s Welfare State,” Mises Institute, January 27, 2014, https://mises.org/wire/turning-their-backs-swedens-welfare-state.
9. Jacoby, “No, Bernie Sanders, Scandinavia Is Not a Socialist Utopia.”
10. Larabell, “Scandinavia: Successful Socialism?”
11. Plunkett, “Putting an End to the Venezuela vs. Sweden Debate.”
Chapter 17: American Scandinavians Have It Better Here Than In Scandinavia
1. Paul Krugman, “A Lot to Learn from Denmark’s Successes and Failures,” Irish Times¸ October 20, 2015, https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/paul-krugman-a-lot-to-learn-from-denmark-s-successes-and-failures-1.2397860.
2. Ben Shapiro, “America’s Left Is Falling in Love with Scandinavian Socialism. So Why Are Scandinavians Moving Right?,” The Daily Wire, October 19, 2015, https://www.dailywire.com/news/483/americas-left-falling-love-scandinavian-socialism-ben-shapiro.
3. Matthews, “What the Left Gets Wrong About Scandinavia.”
4. William L. Anderson, “Sorry, Stiglitz, It’s Socialism That’s Rigged—Not Capitalism,” Mises Institute, November 14, 2018, https://mises.org/wire/sorry-stiglitz-it’s-socialism-’s-rigged--not-capita.
5. Lowry, “Sorry, Bernie—Scandinavia Is No Socialist Paradise After All.”
6. Sanandaji, “5 Myths About Nordic Socialism Peddled by the Left.”
7. Ibid.
8. Rich Lowry, “Sorry, Bernie—Scandinavia Is No Socialist Paradise After All.”
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Tyler Cowen, “The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 20, 2016, https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/the-myth-of-scandinavian-socialism/.
12. Jacoby, “No, Bernie Sanders, Scandinavia Is Not a Socialist Utopia.”
13. Nima Sanandaji, Scandinavian Unexceptionalism (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 2015), 62.
14. José Niño, “Dismantling the Myth of Scandinavian Exceptionalism,” American Institute for Economic Research, January 13, 2018, https://www.aier.org/article/dismantling-myth-scandinavian-exceptionalism.
15. Cowen, “The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism.”
Chapter 18: Swedish College is Free, But It’s Not Cheap or Universal
1. Tiffany May, “For Survivors of a 9-Hour Chinese Exam, a Door Opens to America,” New York Times, June 13, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/world/asia/china-gaokao-new-hampshire.html.
2. Larabell, “Scandinavia: Successful Socialism?”
3. Matt Phillips, “College in Sweden Is Free but Students Still Have a Ton of Debt. How Can That Be?,” Quartz, May 31, 2013, https://qz.com/85017/college-in-sweden-is-free-but-students-still-have-a-ton-of-debt-how-can-that-be/.
Chapter 19: Socialism Becomes Authoritarianism
1. Tyler Curtis, “George Bernard Shaw Was so Enamored with Socialism He Advocated Genocide to Advance It,” Foundation for Economic Education, January 9, 2019, https://fee.org/articles/george-bernard-shaw-was-so-enamored-with-socialism-he-advocated-genocide-to-advance-it/.
2. George Reisman, “Why Nazism Was Socialism and W
hy Socialism Is Totalitarian,” Mises Institute, November 11, 2005, https://mises.org/library/why-nazism-was-socialism-and-why-socialism-totalitarian.
3. Chris Smith, “In Conversation: Bill de Blasio,” New York, September 4, 2017, http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/09/bill-de-blasio-in-conversation.html?gtm=bottom.
4. Ibid.