Daron Acemoglu (MIT), James A. Robinson (Harvard), and Thierry Verdier (PSE): Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World. The introduction to Cross and Scepter: The Rise of the Scandinavian Kingdoms from the Vikings to the Reformation by Sverre Bagge. Stumbling on Scandinavia: Margaret Lesser on William and Mary Howitt, the innocents abroad who chanced to become pioneers of translation. Economists have found the closer a nation is to the genetic makeup of Denmark, the happier that country is. If working is a lifestyle choice in Norway, why do so many more people choose this lifestyle there than in the US? Jason Kafraian on Norway’s gargantuan sovereign wealth fund, by the numbers. Jessica Grose on what it’s like for a working mom in Oslo, Norway. Little emperors: In Sweden, a backlash against the rule of children. Petri J. Kajonius and Anna M. Daderma (University West): Exploring the Relationship Between Honesty-Humility, the Big Five, and Liberal Values in Swedish Students. Signe Bremer (Uppsala): Penis as Risk: A Queer Phenomenology of Two Swedish Transgender Women's Narratives on Gender Correction. Everyone thinks Sweden has a sky-high suicide rate — it doesn’t. Sweden stands out as a country where the return of capital has not automatically translated into a return of inherited wealth. Petter Nilsson on Sweden without illusions: In the upcoming Swedish elections, despite continued popularity for the country’s welfare state, Left prospects are bleak. From FP, meet Carl Bildt, the Swedish foreign minister who isn't afraid to say what he means — especially if it's about what Washington gets wrong. Putin's Nordic Shadow: Why Finland and Sweden need to stop pretending they are neutral and join NATO already.
