By learning the Nordic countries: some middle way between capitalism and socialism

All four Nordic countries have AAA ratings and debt loads significantly below the euro-zone average.

It is some kind of socialism that is the key to the future,

said Olof Palme, the party’s leader, in 1974.
He did.
But the new Nordic model begins with the individual rather than the state.
I ike this article, by The Economist, about here, which tells of here. It contains a number of errors, but also sharp observations.
Thus those small countries are often in the vanguard when it comes to reforming government. Development theorists have taken to calling successful modernisation getting to Denmark.

In the 1980s Britain was out in the lead, thanks to Thatcherism and privatisation. Tiny Singapore has long been a role model for many reformers. Now the Nordic countries are likely to assume a similar role.
That is partly because the four main Nordics—Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland—are doing rather well.
Yes, but Roxette was better than Abba ever.

American conservatives who fear that Barack Obama is bent on `Swedenisation´. 

Nice to know, I have only heard about  Finlandization, too much. In parentheses I would like to say:
(No one knows for advice at here, how to nation can live with Russia. I know).

When it comes to choice, Milton Friedman would be more at home in Stockholm than in Washington, DC.
Friendman goes in the correct direction. Who does not want to be in there at Stocholm. Not even a little.

Finland is harnessing the skills of venture capitalists and angel investors to promote innovation and entrepreneurship.

Bullshit.
According to The Economist Nordic populations, so we, `are becoming more demanding´.
Yes,
also, in terms of what they write about us. In parentheses: Finnish rock is on nowadays more prestigious than ever before in the world.