{"id":4411,"date":"2013-01-31T21:21:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T20:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=4411"},"modified":"2013-01-31T22:50:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T21:50:47","slug":"financial-lessons-from-the-nordic-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/financial-lessons-from-the-nordic-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Lessons from the Nordic Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They were where the rest of the world is right now. \u00a0In the United States it is politically incorrect to say that we can&#8217;t afford everything. \u00a0But the Nordic countries are gaining strength economically because they have asked the big question about what we can afford and tried to answer it. \u00a0<em>The Economist<\/em> has published an important report. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/special-report\/21570840-nordic-countries-are-reinventing-their-model-capitalism-says-adrian?fsrc=nlw|hig|1-31-2013|4825845|85786623|NA\" target=\"_blank\">Read it here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/special-report\/21570840-nordic-countries-are-reinventing-their-model-capitalism-says-adrian?fsrc=nlw|hig|1-31-2013|4825845|85786623|NA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4412\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4412\" alt=\"nordic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nordic-300x160.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nordic-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nordic-500x267.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nordic.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They were where the rest of the world is right now. \u00a0In the United States it is politically incorrect to say that we can&#8217;t afford everything. \u00a0But the Nordic countries are gaining strength economically because they have asked the big &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/financial-lessons-from-the-nordic-countries\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"They were where the rest of the world is right now. 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