For decades, the Nordic countries have occupied a special place in the global political imagination. Denmark, Finland, Norway ...

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The Nordic model, known for high taxes and its cradle-to-grave welfare system, is getting a radical makeover as nations find themselves cash-strapped. During the post-war period, the Scandinavian ...

The construction of the Nordic social model began in the 1930s under the leadership of the Social Democrats. But as of the 1990s the Nordic identity has been explained with cultural, not political ...

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Nordic welfare model, long the envy of many across the world seeking an egalitarian utopia, is creaking. Ageing populations have led to politicians across the region ...

Welfare states come in different sizes and shapes. The origin of the Western welfare state dates back to the last quarter of the 19th century. The great societal transformations of the time were ...

The effects of Nordic state aid seem to have paid off more than elsewhere. Photo: Lise Åserud/NTB scanpix/TT The Nordic countries have all seen their economies pushed into record slumps this year, but ...

The vision of building a "moderately well-off society" (xiaokang shehui) by 2020, formulated in the early 2000s, is an important goal of China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20). What can China look to ...