The Swedish Secret: What the United States Can Learn from Sweden's Story

by Earl Gustafson

Book Overview

Imagine a country where very few people are homeless; there has been no war for 200 years; there is high-quality health care for all; there is excellent free public education a living wage is the norm... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929636600
• ISBN13: 9780929636603
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Syren Book Company
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Learning how the USA could be happier

I have been wanting to read a book like this for a long time so that I could understand why my family in Sweden were content and happy with living in what Americans call a socialist country. After reading this book things have become very clear to me. As an American we see where are values are and compare them to Sweden. We seem to want everything of money value but do not want to pay for it. Sweden seems to know what is valuable ( family-friends-land-education-health-no unnecessary wars-value of women in politics-and more fairly run elections) and are willing to pay higher taxes so that everyone is equal and treated that way. I wish everyone would read this book and realize as much as we hate high taxes, nothing comes free and how important it is to help everyone have a fair and decent life.