And in case you haven’t been there, the Nordic countries are not, in fact, hellholes. Compared with America, they have higher life expectancy, much less poverty and significantly higher overall life satisfaction. Trump’s economists clearly had a hard time fitting the reality of Nordic societies into their anti-socialist manifesto. If there’s a road to serfdom, I can’t think of any nation that took it. Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook, Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram.

Source: New York Times February 08, 2019 00:00 UTC