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Trust, Social Capital and the Scandinavian Welfare State

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  • Gunnar L.H. Svendsen
  • Gert T. Svendsen

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Denmark exemplifies the puzzle of socio-economic success in Scandinavia. Populations are thriving despite the world’s highest levels of tax and generous social benefits. Denmark would appear to be a land of paradise for free-riders and those who want ‘money for nothing’. However, the national personality is characterized both by cooperation in everyday life and the numerous ‘hard-riders’ who make extraordinary contributions. Applying Bourdieuconomics, the authors focus on contemporary case studies to explain how social capital and trust are used to counteract free-riding and enable the flight of the Scandinavian welfare state ‘bumblebee’.

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  • Gunnar L.H. Svendsen & Gert T. Svendsen, 2016. "Trust, Social Capital and the Scandinavian Welfare State," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 13252.
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    Cited by:

    1. Andreas Bergh & Christian Bjørnskov, 2020. "Does Big Government Hurt Growth Less In High‐Trust Countries?," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 38(4), pages 643-658, October.
    2. Susanne Jensen & Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, 2017. "What Determines the Choice of Tourist Destination? The Case of Denmark," Business and Management Horizons, Macrothink Institute, vol. 5(2), pages 112-124, December.
    3. Urs Steiner Brandt & Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, 2019. "How robust is the welfare state when facing open borders? An evolutionary game-theoretic model," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 178(1), pages 179-195, January.
    4. Ateeq A. Rauf & Ajnesh Prasad, 2020. "Temporal Spaces of Egalitarianism: The Ethical Negation of Economic Inequality in an Ephemeral Religious Organization," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 162(3), pages 699-718, March.

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    Keywords

    Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Social Policy and Sociology;

    JEL classification:

    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

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