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Why Sweden Embraced Capitalism

The Journal. by The Wall Street Journal

Jun 8, 202619:33News & Politics

Sweden, once considered by many as the standard bearer of high-tax and high-spend government, has embraced capitalism. WSJ’s Tom Fairless reports on how the Nordic country privatized large swaths of its healthcare and sc...

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Why Sweden Embraced Capitalism is an episode from The Journal. by The Wall Street Journal. Sweden, once considered by many as the standard bearer of high-tax and high-spend government, has embraced capitalism. WSJ’s Tom Fairless reports on...

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Published Jun 8, 2026, 19:33 long, audio available.