> In other words, Swedish income distribution remains about the most equal
> in the world, and its poverty rate, near the lowest. The U.S. is at the
> opposite end of the league tables on both measures.
Is it partly because there isn't much outsourcing from Sweden (both, manufacturing as well as services) and there isn't much migration into Sweden (unlike the US) that relative scarcity of labour power can offer better bargaining power to the unions?
Ulhas