Usually the primary word I hear used to describe governments in Scandinavia is “socialist”. See (from the front page of Google hits for the words Scandinavia and socialism):
Point taken. I will point out, though, that most of those links point out that socialism per se does not exist in Scandinavia, but rather democratic socialism/social democracy.
Usually the primary word I hear used to describe governments in Scandinavia is “socialist”. See (from the front page of Google hits for the words Scandinavia and socialism):
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/13/business/worldbusiness/13iht-compete.html
http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/5616.aspx
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081016132725AAoGdNo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213173/posts
http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/scandinavian-irony-socialism-meets-liberalization/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism
In the US, I mostly hear the word “socialism” used as an umbrella term for any governmental economic redistribution.
Point taken. I will point out, though, that most of those links point out that socialism per se does not exist in Scandinavia, but rather democratic socialism/social democracy.