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America Needs to Steal Back the Nordic Model
 At this stage in his presidency, President Obama has become something of an amateur comedian. He only has a few months left in the White House, so every state occasion has become an opportunity for him to crack a few jokes, even though most of them end up being pretty corny. Case in point: Friday night's Nordic State Dinner, where the president saved his best dad jokes for a riff about how nice life is in countries like Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. I think it's safe to say that President Obama won't be tearing up the New York comedy circuit anytime soon. But here's the thing: the president wasn't making this stuff up. His jokes were corny, but they were also accurate. Life IS nice in the Nordic countries -- like really, really, really nice. The five Nordic nations (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland), rank at or near the top of almost every single OECD human development index, and their citizens consistently poll among top ten happiest in the world. These countries aren't perfect, and do have their problems, especially with anti-immigrant nationalists, but they're about as good as it gets, at least in this world. So what's the secret to their success? Why is life SO nice in the Nordic nations? Democratic socialism, of course! |
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