The Danish Model — Don’t Try This at Home

Increasingly, one hears the claim that Denmark is somehow proof that a gentler socialism is preferable to free-market capitalism, promising more happiness, greater wealth, or both. Recently, Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton declared their admiration for Denmark.  In a new bulletin, Otto Brøns-Petersen suggests that the lesson of the Danish model should be “Don’t try this at home — at least until you understand what the Danish Model is about.”

• “The Danish Model — Don’t Try This at Home,” Otto Brøns-Petersen