Finland is a Capitalist Paradise
Wonderful article from boots on the ground so to speak. From our American perch, we may think we know the Nordic countries, but maybe we don't. And that goes for all Americans. Even for the far left and more mainstream in the Democratic party....
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/opinion/sunday/finland-socialism-capitalism.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
In fact, a recent report by the chairman of market and investment strategy for J.P. Morgan Asset Management came to a surprising conclusion: The Nordic region is not only “just as business-friendly as the U.S.” but also better on key free-market indexes, including greater protection of private property, less impact on competition from government controls and more openness to trade and capital flows. According to the World Bank, doing business in Denmark and Norway is actually easier overall than it is in the United States.
Finland also has high levels of economic mobility across generations. A 2018 World Bank report revealed that children in Finland have a much better chance of escaping the economic class of their parents and pursuing their own success than do children in the United States.
Finally, and perhaps most shockingly, the nonpartisan watchdog group Freedom House has determined that citizens of Finland actually enjoy higher levels of personal and political freedom, and more secure political rights, than citizens of the United States.
Seems to me, from Iceland to Finland, they've taken what works from the socialist approach and unabashed capitalism and combined them in a system that works far more times than it doesn't. We can all take a lesson. Ain't perfect, but it's a sure site better than the meth lab we currently inhabit.
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And a documentary on the Singing Revolution. It just looks like an interesting place.
Shame to hear about problems with scientific/education funding, since I know Tallinn University is supposed to be a fine, historic old university. Would be interesting to find a way to visit there. No job openings at present, though. 
Response to Duppers (Reply #9)
yet for some reason, they don't want to immigrate to the land of the free. 
until US immigration laws were restricted in 1924. By the later 20th century Norway was doing well from oil discovery in the late 1960s and the Nordics developed economies and social welfare governments much more favorable to people and stability. ~ Why would they want to come here, a formerly advanced nation on the decline? 
- Oregon History Project. This undated photograph of a group in Scandinavian costumes was taken in Portland, Oregon.
Between 1820 and 1920, more than 2.1 million Scandinavians immigrated to America. A little more than half were Swedes, almost a third Norwegians, and a seventh Danes. While approximately 125,000 Scandinavians came to the United States before the Civil War, the majority arrived between 1865 and World War I.
Despite industrialization and economic growth in Scandinavia, many young emigrants were motivated to leave by political events, such as conscription laws that forced Finns to fight in and for Russia. Some Danes were similarly drawn into World War I to fight with the Germans ― notwithstanding anti-German sentiments. Many Scandinavians were lured to the United States after receiving “American letters” from friends and family that described fruitful land and employment opportunities. Prepaid transportation tickets from relatives and friends often helped finance the trip to the New World...
https://oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/scandinavian-immigration/#.Xe1-Ka81vIV
- Why Norwegians Aren't Moving to the U.S., The Atlantic. 2018.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/trump-shithole-norway/550382/
