I am Danish, and this is a very narrow way of analysing my country. Denmark is a Social oriented country set in a world of capitalism. My dad said it best (80 year old former CEO in the energy sector) - "I have everything I need, why shouldn't i pay more, so that everyone else also have what they need?" Yes, we maintain our welfare state to support everyone and not only the top, as everywhere else.
As in society and the people, the nation, not your own pockets, like other countries are slowly becoming, for real after Augustus Optimatus returns you guys will be in charge of the finances,
I am Danish, and I don't mind paying high taxes. Health care and education is free. We also have 5 weeks of paid vacation and several weeks of paid maternity leave.
@@perjessen2748 After having a year maternity leave they don`t have more kids. This shouldn`t be happened. They have the chance to stay the Majority in Denmark .They should use this chance.
Loui XIV: The State? That's me! Danes: The State? That's us! US-citizens: The State? Where's my gun! These people talk about our goverment as if it's some weird foreign entity controling us. Are they not aware that we ELECT our politicians? They are OUR representatives, they run the country for US. One of our "founding fathers", Grundtvig, said: We want a society, "where few have too much, and fewer too little." What's wrong with that?
I am danish....Tax sucks.....also 42 percent on Profit for shares. No unemployment except to lazy danes and a lot of foreigners from third world,,,,the health care sucks....huge waiting lists and the doxtors and nurses bad educated....but very good if you work for government..almost never overtime, payed lunch and easy job
@user-jz2dz7hw7u why do you lie and hide behind a fake username? Our doctors and nurses are some of the best in the world. Every time I have had to use our healthcare, it has been extremely fast and competent. We have unemployment for all people, not just foreigners. We rank in the top of the world in all metrics and lists, which is extremely rare. Open your eyes and try researching how people in the rest of the world have it. Honestly, your comment makes me doubt you are Danish and most likely just a troll.
@@larslars-g5nhvis livet er så forfærdeligt, kan du jo bare flytte til et bedre land, men tænker ikke at det er noget du har tænkt dig at gøre, fordi inderst inde, ved du godt at du har det godt i Danmark
@@ArilandoArilando Yeah that sounds about right. The 7.5% is counting everyone, regardless of employment situation, age, etc. They should have specified it more accurately in the video instead of just saying "many", which can easily be misunderstood.
Just looked it up. 460,000 is paying the top tax rate out of 2,960,000 employed, so around 15.5%. I don't see why you would not count part-time employees, as that includes a lot of nurses, teachers, social workers etc.
@@johnnlausten8841 Most Danes know what they get out of their tax money and are happy to pay it. Most Danes pay around 40% in tax, so it's also a bit disingenuous to mainly focus on the top tax bracket in videos like this.
It is more important that you perform the work in good quality rather than doing a lot of overtime. Sometimes there is so much job satisfaction that it can be difficult for you to let go of work and take the vacation you are obliged to take. This is also due to the fact that the companies compete to get the best employees, not with the highest salary, but rather by offering the best working environment.
Ehh no, the taxes are way too high, I don't care about the benefits of such idiotic tax levels I just want lower tax. It's insane that it can even get to the point of 50%
When your starting point is that far off the point - that socialism is inherently bad and that big government is detrimental to economic freedom - your conclusions will inevitably be off the chart. A more neutral/positive/meaningful reading of the Danish experiment would be that a public spending share of the economy of approximately 50 % can be considered optimal as it makes possible excellent free university education, health care, old peoples care, while keeping a certain level of economic freedom and an excellent start-up climate for new businesses - and not to forget supporting a happy population. Also, obviously, societies with healthy public sectors are less unable to develop beyond fossil dependency and unsustainable modes of action. Unabated market economies seem detrimental to our future living conditions.
An odd presentation that only focuses on a comparison between DK and Anglo-Saxon Economies (UK, USA, CAN, AUS) claiming that citizens of developed economies would not "agree" on a strong state with relatively high taxes. This is simply untrue. Please note that Continental countries in Western Europe have a similar view on taxes as the Scandinavians. The Middle Class members of Europe are paying for well-functioning welfare systems. Germany, France, the Netherlands + other countries enjoy a strong welfare system compared with Anglo-Saxon economies. The classification of a strong state as a negative marker reflects a very American mindset. Do yourself the favour to ask American citizens about their views on European healthcare, education, labour market agreements (vacation rights, unemployment support programmes) and social services - all compared to similar US (non existent) rights. When being informed of the benefits enjoyed by Europeans, most Americans would like to enjoy a similar way of life. When asked if they are willing to pay for the benefits through taxes, then the straight answer becomes somewhat blurry. However, Americans tend to forget that American wealth seemed to be better distributed in the 1950ies, and 1960ies through a more "European" like taxation system /back then).
Those Europeans country also have brain loss in favor to the US due to their capital markets and innovation. Therefore they are clearly missing something as well.
To be fair to the Americans, they do have one of the most sus governments in the world. Their congress and so on are not exactly trustworthy. Honestly, I myself am not sure I would trust them to fund my education or healthcare XD
Nonsense - Denmark is influenced by socialist ideas for historical reasons, but is NOT a socialist country. What distinguishes a socialist from a capitalist system is the ownership of the means of production and the producers' (workers') control over the manufactured production. Chapter 1 in the textbook on political economy. It has NOTHING, as in NOTHING, to do with the size of the public sector. The public sector in Denmark does not deal with production, but with re-production. In other words, childcare, education and health of the workforce - for the benefit of private capitalist production in Denmark.
What "made us rich" was Andelsbevægelsen. The co-operatives worked wonders. But things are owned by people completely unassociated with the people doing the work. These people only think about making money short term. No interest in investing in the factory (or what ever), investing in education, infrastructure for anything else, but their goods. They'll piss in their pant to get instant warmth. When they are no longer warm, they'll throw them away and buy a new pair for the money they saved on heating.
Like all other dipshits, you mistake socialism with communism... you are describing communism, not socialism... Communism is "state ownership of the means of production and the producers' (workers') control over the manufactured production" resulting in worthless products and lack of infrastructure. Capitalism is "Private ovnership of everything, including critical infrastructure such as healthcare, education and roads." resulting in overpriced products and crappy infrastructure with toll roads and long railway lines in shoddy conditions causing massive accidents on regular basis and people becoming homeless because of medical bills. Socialism is the best of both worlds "Private ovnership of products manufacture not essential to the society, but state ovnership of critical infrastructure such as railroads, roads, education and healthcare" which results in everyone being treated to equal educational opportunities and everyone gets healthcare without going bankrupt, and get to live without having to worry about the trains derailing destroying their home town and polluting everything, because it is not profitable to maintain railway lines...
Its a socialitesinkhole, USE your Brain, i see increase in every bad thing herre, grapes, crime, migration, drugs, weird idiologie, std, our wmn are in bed with the enemies, and our “men” dont get Any, what do you Think Will happen Wien Thise WHO hates our values are bigger? Our infrastructure falling apart by the seams, jeep coping, its all meaningless/downhill anyway..
We have social-democratic system - a universal wellfare system where people pay high taxes. But it is based on a free capitalist market economy. There - saved you 8 minutes :)
The Fraser Institute just told me they know nothing about macro economics. Great job at missing the primary reason why government spendings increased during the late 1970's, also missing the primary reason for why Denmark has one of the largest public sectors in the world.
@@snotspat Yes a really bad goverment that screw the economy. Anker Jørgensen was the worst prime minister Denmark has ever seen. A nice guy but really bad at his job.
@@aidanaldrich7795 Really doesn't take a genius, just knowledge. 70's were the 1st and 2nd oil crisis, in the 80's New Public Management were introduced which has lead to the bloating of the public sector. Both is basic knowledge.
@@aidanaldrich7795 Sorry, I thought you were aware of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, that caused the Suez channel to be blocked, and the following two oil crisis. Now you are. :)
@@aidanaldrich7795 understand corporate economics, yes, macroeconomics, no. Plus they don't even bothered to check the history books, getting the "fixing things" wrong by more than a decade.
@@traver1965 The system is just like the american system. The danish politicians enriched them selves, and their likes by wellpayed jobs in goverment places. It is all a scam, and everybody knows it. :o)
Socialism and capitalism are irrelevant. The only thing that affects citizen prosperity is the quality of citizen representation in government. After that it does not really matter what you decide to label the economy.
We do have corruption though, just look at the military or the fishing industry.. people are getting fired for speaking with the press and they only showcase the good things, not the bad.
There’re nothing but fake news. Apparently you’re a product of that. I was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1962 and I’m seeing an increasingly stupidity, in this great country, among handling our tax money. Never rest on one’s laurels; keep criticizing and keep aiming for perfection.
This video seemingly tries to explain and understand the history and social development of Denmark and the nordic model, but completely miss key points and fail to understand the social structure of the danish people. It's so tendentious and set in its own original premise that anything concluded cannot be taken for anything other than a biased political message.
@@veronicajensen7690 Some things: It ignores the global oil crisis in the 70's. It ignores that inflation was pretty high everywhere in the 80's, subconsciously it plays it off as if inflation was at the levels we were used to pre-covid for a long time. It also says Denmark started to fix issues in the mid 90's, missing the mark by more than a decade! it started in the early 80's. And it started by doing the needed reforms first, and from there it takes time until you see the effects pay off, this is also why it shows the producers here don't understand macroeconomics at all. Denmark in the 60's had introduced super generous welfare schemes, because so few neeeded it, and danes were of a mindset that everyone should work if they could. after the oil crisis a country with little oil production and an economy that wasn't energy conscious income takes a nosedive. Unemployment soars, and thus govt. expenditure soars with it. at the same time you see a larger and larger influx of migrants with a different mindset that believe women shouldn't work, and thinks the welfare for the unemployed is meant to support that lifestyle, this is a problem that persists to this day even.
US Republicans, falsely call Europe and particularly the scandinavian countries socialists and communists without even know what they talk about. It's tiring for most Danes to be referred to as crazed socialists just because we have a tradition of supporting our weaker fellow men and value Healthcare and education as part of our (capitalistic) market driven society. It's just good business to have a well educated, healthy, loyal and mentally well-balanced workforce. Being a capitalist does not mean you shouldn't engage in your community or be selfish and greedy. This is a really good piece, that should be mandatory for all Republicans to see.
True, but its also annoying to be called social havens by the US Democrats that think everything becomes perfect if they tax the rich. But yeah generally Americans should know more about Denmark before they speak.
@@MrMikkelgamingDK People from USA are calling everything they don't understand by strange names because they lack education. The important thing is how tax is used. Americans are not using their tax on education and healthcare like normal countries do. I would be more surprised by Americans having healthcare funded by taxes than by Americans having guns funded by taxes.
as a Dane I have to say it is mainly progressive Americans on the far left that call the Nordic countries incl. Denmark socialist, and Republicans trying to explain to then Denmark is not Socialist or they try to explain to them what was said in this video that all people pay high tax in Denmark
Socialist here, I can definitely agree with you I do wanna clarify, "social democracys are limited forms of socialism within a mostly capitalist friendly society, so their not considered socialist their still capitalist with socialist characteristics to put it basically." I would love to see socialism be more adopted. Capitalism is in decline, and with it, capitalism will become fasci'sm to protect itself, which i fear very much as an american Gen z. So the thing is, europe isn't anywhere close to being considered socialist. The closest countries would probably be norway or, of course, maybe Switzerland and also denmark, but then again their not socialist.
One American I met thought the Danish government controls what salary a company can pay their employees. Another one asked me if we have polar bears walking around in our streets. And no: I am (unfortunately) not kidding 😧
🇸🇪 here. Bad, fact/data picking article. I guess one of the few positive things that can be said about it is that at least they don't, unlike Trump's Denmark ambassador Carla Sands, claim that the reason so many people take the bike to work in Copenhagen is because they can't afford a car 🤣. Besides, the reasons why the Danes pay more tax than the high income earners in the USA is that they, like us other Scandinavians, have access to free education, well-functioning infrastructure, affordable healthcare for all, generous holiday and parental benefits and a social safety net. Which do you think benefits society and people best in the long run? Chew on that libertarians…
but that was what the video stated, as a Dane I found this video correct and fact based we have a huge state, pay high tax, have a very liberal business policy and that is what pays for our benefits , the video is made for progressive Americans who think if they get the Scandinavian model the rich will pay for everything and nothing will change for the rest
Great mini documentary. “I know that some people in the US associate the Nordic model with some sort of socialism. Therefore I would like to make one thing clear. Denmark is far from a socialist planned economy. Denmark is a market economy.”-former Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen, speech at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government on November 1, 2015
The lack of knowledge about Denmark or the world outside the US is mind blowing. For instance, on my first visit to the US, back in 2005, I met a couple who firmly believed that there’s no running water in Europe….
😑Denmark is a social democratic country. Unions have done a lot for the danes. In regards to the unemployment in 70'ties 80'ties the oil crisis played a huge role. Many countries faced the issues back then. Denmark is best country in the world to live in...😁i dont see what the issue is.
"limited government" is a stretch but I guess everything is relative. What the government doesn't provide is upheld by our amazingly powerful unions. Even as early as 1815 we had publically paid schools.
Not bad. What is missed though is why Denmark “experimented” with Socialism between 1970ish to 1993ish. It’s down to 3 factors: 1: the energy or oil crisis of 1973 and 1979, Denmark did not produce a lot of oil at the time, creating a large currency deficit. 2: Denmark got a new Social Democrat Prime Minister in 1972-3, Anker Jørgensen, again serving in 1975-1982, arguably the most left wing Social Democrat Prime Minister ever in charge of the country and an utter failure. Foreign debt as a percentage of GNP rose from abt 10pct in 1972 to 36pct in 1982, then started to slow in 1984 and turned around in 1988 just below 50pct, after which it fell. Total debt turned around in 1993. 3: The actual experiment stopped in 1982, when Anker Jørgensen, gave up governing. The Conservative Prime Minister Poul Schlüter took over, turned the county around from 1982-1993, with success, Denmark today runs relatively large currency account surpluses, there is hardly any foreign currency based debts, total debt is low, the budget runs surpluses, with the exception of the 2009 crash and 2019-2020 Covid area.
Americans also pay for their services. It's just a more expensive system though tuition, insurance etc. And the added bonus is that I don't have 25% of kids (and their families) in my country living in abject poverty, like the US and now the UK does.
This video is manipulating and paints a misleading picture. When comparing to other countries it totally ignores, that as a small nation what goes on in the World impacts more than what it does in big countries. And on top it all but fails to mention the many benefits of having a large public sector, like for example that much of the economic success of Denmark comes from the high level of education of great infrastructure - both something the large public sector provides. The whole idea that the size of government economy vs. private economy works as part of measuring economic freedom is just wrong, it matters greatly what the government economy is running and when it pays for education, healthcare, generous social security and so on, then that contributes to economic freedom rather than diminishing it. Like for example, there is freedom in bankruptcy due to medical costs not being a thing, or that the education one chooses is not dependent on money from your parents.
I noticed the last sentence: " Denmark DOES have a larger wellfare state than many other western countries, but it pays for the system with higher taxes levied on average danes. It's an arrangement largely rejected in most other western countries" - and yet it seems to work, since Denmark are always in top of everything! 🤔 - food for thought!.
@@lise1255 It also makes it easier for people to take risks and chances in their lives. If you know that failing in your endeavours does not mean homelessness and starvation. You are more ok with taking chances to improve your life if you know that you can fail a few times before you succeed without having to worry about simple survival in case of a fail.
@@lise1255 USA is build on not educating their people and using their emotions against them to make it easier to rule over them. They really believe they are the land of the free while they are treated as slaves by their corporations and politicians. USA will never have healthcare and education paid by taxes. There is bigger chance that they will all get guns paid by taxes than education or healthcare.
no Denmark's ideological system is called Social Liberal google it, only Socialdemocrats think it's Social-democratic , in the 1970-1980 it was more Social-Democratic when Anker Jørgensen was PM didn't work out well for the economy although he was popular as a person
"Denmark avoids borrowing." That is very logical. Don't spend more than you earn. In the end higher taxes but not borrowing money makes people more wealthy than lower taxes and borrowing money from other countries. Greece was all about borrowing money and low taxes and went bankrupt 4 times so far in last 50 years.
It's quite telling that the more we've moved towards "americanising" our society in Denmark (which is objectively stupid), the more inequality we have and the worse things are in every aspect of society: Education. Healthcare. Infrastructure. Free Speech. Tolerance.
Insanely angled. We achieved a strong economy > then we improved the wealthfare for all citizens, so no one should ever fear of losing their financial stability or health - "together we're Strong, divided we fall"
It is always a scource of much bewilderment and amusement that Denmark is called a "socialist country" by Americans whether they mean it as a compliment or not. We are not socialist but social democratic. That means that we control our campitalism and have developed welfare programs. It means that basic human needs are government funded such as health care, education, elderly care, child care etc. Meaning that our economy is based on capitalism but it is regulated and we happily pay high taxes, so we can live freely without worrying about paying for healtcare and education for our children's education. This also ensures the freedom from much crime, homelessness etc.
Ok as an american who has been living in Denmark for the last 8 years I can say that as a top earner I actually pay around 43% tax. The 57% is complete BS. You are only taxed at 57% on the upper portion of your income. So a person making 1.000.000 kr. a year is not gonna pay anywhere near 57%. When you add in the free health care, government subsidies for your children, paternity and maternity leave, free education etc you can actually live a much better life than you do in the states. The people who made this documentary obviously have not lived in this country. It’s complete propaganda used to scare Americans away from liberal policies.
@@aidanaldrich7795 If you get filthy rich, because you'll basically have to spend increasing amounts on security, eating up all that extra income until you're, if not billionaire, then close to it.
Apparently Americans haven't the faintest idea what socialism means -- which is government ownership of the means of production. Denmark has high taxes but is not at all socialist. Our wealth comes from privately owned businesses and corporations.
I was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1962 and I’m seeing an increasingly stupidity, in this great country, among handling our tax money. I hate when people say “we don’t mind paying high taxes”. What’s important is to get the most out of blood drawing taxation.. Never rest on one’s laurels; keep criticizing and keep aiming for perfection.
The difference between Denmark and the US is purely how much control over the government the common citizens have. As long as the citizens have genuine representation in government citizen prosperity increases. The US has lost citizen representation, got lazy about maintaining the democracy. Now the corporations and oligarchs control the majority of government decisions, and thus failing citizen prosperity. Please don't let that happen in Denmark. Stay active in politics and watchful of your representatives, no matter how good things seem to be at the moment.
Such a misleading take on the Danish model. It totally leaves out that through that high income tax, we get free health care, and education. With higher education being based on merit. So our little country does have a very socialist take on government spending, in a way you could say that Denmark is so small and homogenic that we take care of each other as kind of one big happy family. Big companies kind of edmit to being depending on the welfare state to have Healthy and highly educated workers with staple and safe lives, so they can be as productive as possible. And the population realize that they need big businesses to get good jobs. But i dont think our model could work in places like usa or gb. They are to big and could never reach our level of community and togetherness.
Not very well researched "mini documentary" , seems like the outcome was given and the facts where made to fit. Goverment spending that includes paying for free schole and healtcare is much more expensive then the US model where you are left on your one.
Or so you would think, but in reality it's the USA that struggle horribly with budget deficits and debt, while the Danish government can afford to be proactive instead trying to cover up "potholes" that makes it's vastly more problematic and expensive to fix, which is also why the USA spend around twice as much per capita on a vastly less efficient healthcare, among other things. In Denmark we have seen an increasing government budget surplus. It went from a small $613 million budget deficit in 2020 (because of the covid-19 crisis) to a surprising $8.4 billion surplus in 2021 and a just as surprising $18.4 billion surplus in 2022. The 2023 figures shows a $9.9 billion budget surplus in the first 3 out of 4 quarters, despite a huge increase in military spending's and billions worth of military aid for Ukraine. These kind of results would be impossible for the USA in the aftermath and times of both a heath (corona) crisis, and an energy and food crisis, due to the war in Ukraine that has made prices go up everywhere on the planet.
@@johnchristiansen5968 Jeg tror han mener at det er gratis for den enkelt person at tage en uddandelse. Men ja vi alle betaler igennem skat alligevel, men det er lidt lættere at få styr på sit liv når man som færdiguddannet ikke allerede står i 600.000 kr personlig gæld.
@@JesperSandgreen Selskabsskatten i Danmark er på 22 % og beregnes som udgangspunkt på baggrund af selskabets overskud. Det kaldes også for selskabets skattepligtige indkomst. www.google.com/search?q=selskabsskat+i+danmark&rlz=1CARGFB_enDK1057&oq=selskabsskat+i+danmark&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTkyMTRqMGoxNagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Does Danish workers own the means of production? No. Thus Denmark is not a Socialist State. If a hig school student made the same reasoning in Economy class i hope they would fail.
Now wouldnt it have been fair to tell that the unemployment rate has been close to 3% for more than a decade? And wouldnt it have been fair to tell the world what a wellfair state is? And wouldnt it have been fair to tell that most of the middle class danes who carries the biggest burden economically also benefits the most due to the wellfair system: Free schools, free universities, SU (the system pays you to study, right now around 5700 kr a month) free medical help, free hospitals and the lidt goes on. If you compare the US to this system most calculations would have the outcome: The danes have more money to spend even after taxes because we dont have to buy healthcare and save up for our childrens education. Just ask the americans who move here.
A fundamental flaw in this analysis is talking about government as something static. Disregarding shifts in policy depending on which political parties are in control.
Funnny how this video forgot to mention the 2nd biggest tax in Denmark, called the PAL tax. Basically it is tax on the profits of retirement funds, 15% to be exact. It swings wildly from year to year, but basically since 2000 it has brought over 100 billion dollars in tax revenue.
It's just shitty American corporate propaganda. I grew up in the U.S and I live in Poland now. Yes Poland or Denmark aren't socialist. It's a free market economy. I go to work, get paid and pay taxes every month just like everyone else. The difference is that here in Poland and other European and developed nations we actually believe in keeping public programs such as health care, education ect. Healthcare here is treated the same as how Americans fund their local police, fire departments ect. Years of lobbying by the private healthcare insurance providers in the U.S have made Americans afraid of universal healthcare.
Also watch the speech by former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen at Harvard Institute of Politics in 2015. He gave a more detailed description of the Danish economy.
We are not a socialist country, our system only works because of our difficult immigration and sea borders. You have a easier time to immigration legally to the US when Denmark.
There’s a good argument to be made that government spending is not an indication of freedom, but rather can be a facilitator of one. Consider the extreme case of no government spending, that’s not a free society, that’s Haiti. The reverse is of course also true (North Korea). Therefore it’s questionable if government size really correlates with freedom. Like my Hungarian wife likes to say about the Netherlands: “yes we pay hoger taxes here, but at least we can see where the money goes”
Exactly. There is lots of freedom coming from universal health care, education that is not only free but gives students money to study, a generous welfare system and so on. No one in Denmark goes bankrupt over health care cost, this in turn also means employers can't hold loosing health insurance over the head of employees = more freedom to tell your boss to get lost.
Think the big diffenrents between people from US and Denmark is Danish people trust their State and Americans dont.. And i Think socialisme means 1 thing in Denmark and something very different in US😊
I am impressed, learned people in this video still don't get it. We get something from our tax money. FREE healthcare, free education also in universities. We even get money from the state, when studying. We have very cheap medical drugs and more. These clever persons, in this video, should move to Denmark for a year and dive deeply into the Danish system. For a Dane, it is easy to hear they don't know much about Denmark or do they have an agenda?
If the Fraser Institute had its way, Canada (where the Institute is located) would have a government and social system similar to Afghanistan’s. They advocate totally free markets, (like the situation of total freedom to grow and sell heroin-producing poppies in Afghanistan), limited or absent government oversight, where the economy is dictated and controlled by large business interests (ex. Akin to Warlords of Afghanistan), private education, health care, and daycare (in Afghanistan, the average citizen gets nothing, or is even denied an education, in the case of women). In fact, the only area where the F.I. might differ from the Taliban is in the right to carry weapons. However, given as how the F.I.’s inspiration is derived from American right-wing fundamentalism, I would not be surprised if the F.I. began preaching to its audience about the rights of all Canadians to carry weapons. I do know, for a fact, that many right-leaning citizens in the Western Provinces of Alberta, B.C. And Saskatchewan (where the F.I.’s base of support is seated, believe that they already have right to do this. They don’t understand that Canada’s Constitution is fundamentally different than the one in the U.S.A. God helps us in Canada, if the ideas of the Frasier Institute ever get implemented in this country.
There is a lot of false assumptions in this video. Shame on them to make this video. They pretend it was only due to the big government we struggled in the 70, 80 and 90s Which is not even remotly correct. Firstly we didnt struggle in all those years. Thats just nonesense. In the 70s we had the world wide oil crisis. Which hurt all industrial countries in the world and had nothing to do with Denmark even though we were a victim of it, like the intire west. Honestly if the people that made this video want to keep their integrity they need to pull this video down, do some reseach and then make a new video. This is the first time i have ever done it, but i had to report this channel for misinformation. Its sad to see another countries think tank feel the need to manipulate the danish history to fit some kind of narritive that they have. I dont know if its just sheer incompetence or its purposely giving false information. But in either case its really bad.
Did you maybe compare things to how in the 70s, Denmark went through a second industrial revolution and a lot of jobs in the rural sector were lost to more effective methods? How about the general global situation? Like compare unemployment rate in Denmark with those abroad? Or compare, say, how the newly built industrial complex should sell their wares on the international market, maybe that could have an influence? How about showing government spending as a percentage compared to the total economy? If the BNP rose significantly, then even if the spending stayed the same, the percentage would still drop. Also, you're using your own measure of economic freedom? How about also using the heritage foundation's even someone else? And if Denmark is #7, who's #1-6 and who's #8+? And where is America and Britain in comparison? Your documentary simply has too many ill-thought out graphs with lack of context.
denmark has got the mixture of free market economics & social democracy just right , the tradition of honesty ensures big business is self regulating & not the winner grab all regardless of the cost to others you have in the uk or us, the same culture of honesty ensures that people appreciate the benefits of the social welfare system but do not abuse it or use it as a lifestyle choice. in ireland we try to follow this scandanavian model , unfortunately we chose the wrong scandanavian country ie sweden
The correct term is welfare state, because half of the Danish political parties do not refer to themselves as socialist. Another problem is that European social democratic parties have changed a lot since the late nineteenth century, so you cannot always apply a textbook definition of socialism to these parties.
@@anotherelvis Text book socialism is working class empowerment. The Nordic model, as superior as it is to America's third world system of abject poverty, is not socialist at all.
we also are widely more educated that the american Hill Billies and have a higher level of educantion among workers of whom are also amongst the most clever workers in the world
This is an absurdly biased video that cherry picks statistics and outright misrepresents data. It is astounding that something like this can be produced. Here are a few things that I am sure you will ignore since they contradict your BS agenda: 1. Less than 9% of Danes pay the top tax rate (so the rich are the ones hit most by it). 2. The high government spending translates into very tangible benefits for everyone, so in practice the average Dane gains more than citizens in countries with lower taxes (i.e. their effective costs are lower). 3. You draw all these great conclusions on how Denmark learnt its lesson about high government spending, but by your own statistics it was only decreased from 59% to 50% - which is really very little compared to your original data. And the economy has been going great for a very long time, so clearly your conclusions are nonsense. 4. Throughout that entire period where you claim Denmark struggled so immensely (which is BS as well), it retained a per capita GDP comparable to the US - sometimes a bit higher, sometimes a bit lower. Stop making crap to fit your pre-determined agenda.
7:28 too soon man... too soon.. on a more serious note: I have a psychological disease that prevents me from having a steady job yet I still survive on basic welfare benefits.. and even i pay around 40% of the "income" i have on taxes... and i would gladly pay that same or even higher tax could i maintain a job... because i know it goes to a betterment of the society in general. Does this mean that there are no problems in Denmark? Hell no... we still have roughly .1% (official numbers, though its suspected to be around .3%) of the population is homeless... and even half of the homeless in this country live not on the streets but in halfway houses run mostly by the municipalities of the countries (there are a few privately owned ones around as well).
So they make their own list, using their own criteria. They end up saying Denmark is 7th out of 165 countries, but then concludes it does so poorly on said list. 😂😂 Laughable.
Click bait, the term Socialism is commonly referenced to communist/authoritarian governments and Denmark is just a Democracy with strong social policies approach. Spreading ignorance through the title of the video, shameful.
The right-wing gets too caught up on ideological debates and terminology without discussing real-world policies. You say Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are not socialist. Fine. Then when democrats try to institute similar policies in the US like universal healthcare, you declare it communism. Norway's financial prosperity came from the nationalization and heavy taxation of oil. If the US nationalized all its oil, would you still call it capitalist, or would you start making comparisons to Venezuela? Singapore, lauded as the most economically free country on Earth, has the government owning 90% of the land and state-owned enterprises controlling 37% of the total stock market cap. If the US government held 37% or the NYSE and NASDAQ market cap, would you describe that as capitalism or start crying that it's communism? When the Biden administration psssed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Inflation Reduction Act, snd CHIPS Act; right-wingers were calling it socialism; but now that the money is flowing to their communities, infrastructure getting built, factories coming online, thousands of new jobs, they're praising it as free-market capitalism.
It's misleading to consider only the high sales- and income tax without also considering and comparing what we get for that money. I have a master's degree from one of the top ranking technical universities in Europe, never paid tuition and even got paid for expenses while studying (food, housing etc.). With two working class parents that was not a given in many other countries. Medical insurance is also not needed, as the public healthcare system is paid for by the aforementioned taxes, and the list goes on.
Instinctivly I cry foul when you claim something, but only show statistics for part of the time you mention. A goverment can be heavy regulators without spending extensively. You are using terms withouth defining what you mean by them, and at least partly contradict youself trying to paint a picture that shows what you want. And what we in Scandinavia get from our "high" taxes is safety, healthcare, education etc. We pay around thatof the U.S., if you add in the cost of what we get for our taxexs like healthcare and education.
They also conveniently forgot to post the comparative stats for other countries in some contexts, like unemployment is shown alone, when comparisons are made,only english speaking is shown, but should show also: Norway, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, France at the very least.
This "mini-documentary" is a rather poor standard, GCSE-level description of Denmark's economy. Chat GPT would have done a better job! They do not really define Socialism and confused government spending with 'economic freedom' as if they a mutually exclusive. The figures from the different graphs on government spending as a % share of GDP contradicted each other... 24.4% in 1970 miraculously became 42% in 1970 @2:29. They simply forgot to mention the OPEC crisis or the end of Bretton Woods. That was egregiously bad research and childish editing 😂
it is not bad to have more people represented in our government, what we are comtrary to the USA we are much better at making compromises in politics , this the USA politicians are lousy at
That's one of the dumbest conclusions I've ever heard. It is NOT a question of being socialist or capitalist. * Denmark is proud to be the most capitalist free run country for companies, far more than the USA. * But Denmark is also proud to be the most social country in the world, which ensures everyone, rich and poor, and companies a very high and unbureaucratic and efficient service, so that we all only have to do what we are best at: running a business with highly paid, efficient and competent employees. * We are all guaranteed a good life from cradle to grave. * We would like to accept immigrants, but only if they have a good education and uphold Danish values.
One of the biggest perks of the Danish model is something we call “flexsecurity”. Look it up! Basically, since all citizens have a high Social security, this means we don’t need a lot of regulation between employer and employed. There’s no minimum wage and you can be fired anytime for no reason… But, therefore, It’s cheap and low risk for companies to hire you, and therefore it’s easy to find a job. And, if you absolutely can’t find a job, then the government will pay your wages until you can.
As a Dane, our local Mayor just had a succesfuld Bone Marrow Transplant against Cancer, finding the Marrow in Peru! It is done for the many Taxpayers money and it isn't a Personal Problem! I had a transplant of the lenses in my eyes some years ago. Also paid for by multiple Taxpayers money, and not a Personal Problem! You don't risk becoming ruined from health problems in Denmark, without a valid Health Insurance. And I live from a fine, ordinary Public Pension.
a vid where they dont know what they talk about... it's like all the other English speaking countries, trying to figure out how other countries do it, but fails every single time... trash vid, do your FULL homework, and make another vid, coz this..... is BS!
The most significant difference is that the government pays for stuff via the taxes. While in places like USA have for profit middlemen nestled in between. The most clear example of this is in the healthcare sector where a trip to the hospital is insanely high becouse everyone needs a slize of the money cake. The hospital, insurance, the pharmasutical companies etc etc. All thoes costs are funneled into private wealthy individuals instead of the state.
Sure, by some companies/capitalists, who want a specific job done. You know, free of any interferens from the politicians and with out any consideration for the "people"
@@ane-louisestampe7939 well it is a libertarian-conservative think tank, somewhat tempered by being canadian, also famous for it's climatechange denial, at least the last part shows us how they regard scientific data, as something you pick and choose from to fit your desires.
it is also pensioners who have paid that the rich have received tax relief money has been taken from them by not increasing their pension to the same extent as all those who have work and it started in the mid 90s and nothing has happened since then so the state owes Persians about 1.5 now combined with the mid 90s
we are glad to pay our tax becouse if you Look at the USa if you go to a doctor just that you walk inside the dore for a maybe broken arm lets say it isen it cost you 20.000 dollers alot of American cant afford to go to doctors an they go aaround with a broken fod or something that have not heal right becouse of this greedy system the American system is we have free schools aducation hopitals Childcare an so on becouse Danmark have found that a healthy Citizen is a happy one an a happy one with a aducation provide to the state longer by paying tax we are investing in our people an our future is not becouse we are a small contry we are so rich becouse we take care of our people here if some one falls we help them up no one need to leve on the street here there is always help to get back on your feet here. unlike the USA whare so many leve on the street both becouse they cant pay their rent or house becouse of low income or otherwise if the rich in USa an otehr Contry pay their fair shar of the Tax then everybody was able to leve like we do an this is here whare the rich are more an more greedy when you look towards contrys like USA an other contrys out there. the nordic contry learn from another an help make a better system that works for os all acoss contrys here an we fluris becouse of ot also why we are so rich becouse we do not look down on people with less money or people with more money we all pay our sher an no one go hungry to bed or dont have roof over their head. changes your systems if you want a better balance in life
It was the socialists that wanted a small limited government, and the centrists that wanted a big all controlling government where they could decide from central planning what was done. And that is still how it is today. The centrists wants to control everything from central planning, but the socialists want the government to be restricted and let the local people decide.
"The Fraser Institute claimed in 2014 that "There has been no statistically significant weather change for the last 15-20 years."[21] Additionally, in response to a 2019 report published by Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Fraser Institute claimed in an article that "Most of what people are noticing, of course, are just natural weather events." The rest of the article goes on to portray the report as hype and misleading.[22][third-party source needed] These claims contradict the consensus of experts in the field and are not in line with scientific data regarding Climate change.[23][24][improper synthesis?]"
Denmark (well maybe all the Nordics + Switzerland) seem to have the best of both worlds : free markets with social democracy. A much nicer alternative to working for a Slaveholder Corporation in so-called free-markets like Texas or something!
A welfare state is extremely good as long as it's done with minimal deadweight loss. Denmark is still one of the most free market countries in the world according to the heritage foundation.
I am Danish, and this is a very narrow way of analysing my country. Denmark is a Social oriented country set in a world of capitalism.
My dad said it best (80 year old former CEO in the energy sector) - "I have everything I need, why shouldn't i pay more, so that everyone else also have what they need?"
Yes, we maintain our welfare state to support everyone and not only the top, as everywhere else.
As in society and the people, the nation, not your own pockets, like other countries are slowly becoming, for real after Augustus Optimatus returns you guys will be in charge of the finances,
Your dad is such a wise man. I bet he feels happy every single day.
I am Danish, and I don't mind paying high taxes. Health care and education is free. We also have 5 weeks of paid vacation and several weeks of paid maternity leave.
Minimum 5 weeks
Actually 6 weeks vacation and a year paid maternaty leave 🙂
Dont mind paying 100 times the amount for the same thing you Can get in other plages, your brainwashed, try Think for yourself.
@@perjessen2748 and almost unlimited sick days.
@@perjessen2748 After having a year maternity leave they don`t have more kids. This shouldn`t be happened. They have the chance to stay the Majority in Denmark .They should use this chance.
Loui XIV: The State? That's me!
Danes: The State? That's us!
US-citizens: The State? Where's my gun!
These people talk about our goverment as if it's some weird foreign entity controling us. Are they not aware that we ELECT our politicians? They are OUR representatives, they run the country for US.
One of our "founding fathers", Grundtvig, said: We want a society, "where few have too much, and fewer too little." What's wrong with that?
👌 Really good comment. Sadly, I doubt many Americans understand the concept .
@@lise1255 😊
I am danish....Tax sucks.....also 42 percent on Profit for shares. No unemployment except to lazy danes and a lot of foreigners from third world,,,,the health care sucks....huge waiting lists and the doxtors and nurses bad educated....but very good if you work for government..almost never overtime, payed lunch and easy job
@user-jz2dz7hw7u why do you lie and hide behind a fake username?
Our doctors and nurses are some of the best in the world.
Every time I have had to use our healthcare, it has been extremely fast and competent.
We have unemployment for all people, not just foreigners.
We rank in the top of the world in all metrics and lists, which is extremely rare.
Open your eyes and try researching how people in the rest of the world have it.
Honestly, your comment makes me doubt you are Danish and most likely just a troll.
@@larslars-g5nhvis livet er så forfærdeligt, kan du jo bare flytte til et bedre land, men tænker ikke at det er noget du har tænkt dig at gøre, fordi inderst inde, ved du godt at du har det godt i Danmark
7.5% of Danes pay the 'Top Personal Income Tax Rate'. To say that's many Danes is perhaps stretching it a bit.
Just a bit 😂
It's a much higher percentage of full-time employees. Probably at least 20%.
@@ArilandoArilando Yeah that sounds about right. The 7.5% is counting everyone, regardless of employment situation, age, etc.
They should have specified it more accurately in the video instead of just saying "many", which can easily be misunderstood.
Just looked it up. 460,000 is paying the top tax rate out of 2,960,000 employed, so around 15.5%.
I don't see why you would not count part-time employees, as that includes a lot of nurses, teachers, social workers etc.
@@augustuswarglewinkle6328Employment has actually crossed 3 mil. if you get the latest numbers 😊
Small error: The majority of the Danish citizens does not pay the highest tax rate. The average is 41-45%, the lowest is 37%
what a load of crap. Denmark is a haven
what was untrue ? this was the most balanced true video about reality I have ever seen , it was not negative or used wrong figures , this was fact
@@veronicajensen7690Yeah, it just "forgot" a "few" very important facts... é.g all the now dead Danes.😰!!
@@Jetmab04What on Earth are you talking about? Denmark had an incredibly low mortality rate
Isn't that what the Video showed?
@@Jetmab04 One thing we can't escape, death and taxes.
And yet if you ask a Dane, they are overwhelmingly happy and content. So much so, the country has been #1 for the past 3 of 5 years.
Most Danes dont se what actual going on.
@@johnnlausten8841 yh, thats BS...
@@johnnlausten8841 Most Danes know what they get out of their tax money and are happy to pay it. Most Danes pay around 40% in tax, so it's also a bit disingenuous to mainly focus on the top tax bracket in videos like this.
It is more important that you perform the work in good quality rather than doing a lot of overtime. Sometimes there is so much job satisfaction that it can be difficult for you to let go of work and take the vacation you are obliged to take. This is also due to the fact that the companies compete to get the best employees, not with the highest salary, but rather by offering the best working environment.
Ehh no, the taxes are way too high, I don't care about the benefits of such idiotic tax levels I just want lower tax. It's insane that it can even get to the point of 50%
Income doesn't say anything compared to other countries. It's purchasing power that matters.
When your starting point is that far off the point - that socialism is inherently bad and that big government is detrimental to economic freedom - your conclusions will inevitably be off the chart.
A more neutral/positive/meaningful reading of the Danish experiment would be that a public spending share of the economy of approximately 50 % can be considered optimal as it makes possible excellent free university education, health care, old peoples care, while keeping a certain level of economic freedom and an excellent start-up climate for new businesses - and not to forget supporting a happy population.
Also, obviously, societies with healthy public sectors are less unable to develop beyond fossil dependency and unsustainable modes of action. Unabated market economies seem detrimental to our future living conditions.
An odd presentation that only focuses on a comparison between DK and Anglo-Saxon Economies (UK, USA, CAN, AUS) claiming that citizens of developed economies would not "agree" on a strong state with relatively high taxes. This is simply untrue. Please note that Continental countries in Western Europe have a similar view on taxes as the Scandinavians. The Middle Class members of Europe are paying for well-functioning welfare systems. Germany, France, the Netherlands + other countries enjoy a strong welfare system compared with Anglo-Saxon economies. The classification of a strong state as a negative marker reflects a very American mindset. Do yourself the favour to ask American citizens about their views on European healthcare, education, labour market agreements (vacation rights, unemployment support programmes) and social services - all compared to similar US (non existent) rights. When being informed of the benefits enjoyed by Europeans, most Americans would like to enjoy a similar way of life. When asked if they are willing to pay for the benefits through taxes, then the straight answer becomes somewhat blurry. However, Americans tend to forget that American wealth seemed to be better distributed in the 1950ies, and 1960ies through a more "European" like taxation system /back then).
Those Europeans country also have brain loss in favor to the US due to their capital markets and innovation. Therefore they are clearly missing something as well.
To be fair to the Americans, they do have one of the most sus governments in the world. Their congress and so on are not exactly trustworthy. Honestly, I myself am not sure I would trust them to fund my education or healthcare XD
most americans forget that what we have in Europe isnt new ideas but rather old american ideas with a twist
@@stefanjrgensen6842 Yes, about 1300 years old ideas and values. And the cooperatives is 200 years old.
@@stefanjrgensen6842 Most american don't know that Europe exist.
Nonsense - Denmark is influenced by socialist ideas for historical reasons, but is NOT a socialist country.
What distinguishes a socialist from a capitalist system is the ownership of the means of production and the producers' (workers') control over the manufactured production. Chapter 1 in the textbook on political economy.
It has NOTHING, as in NOTHING, to do with the size of the public sector. The public sector in Denmark does not deal with production, but with re-production. In other words, childcare, education and health of the workforce - for the benefit of private capitalist production in Denmark.
What "made us rich" was Andelsbevægelsen. The co-operatives worked wonders.
But things are owned by people completely unassociated with the people doing the work.
These people only think about making money short term. No interest in investing in the factory (or what ever), investing in education, infrastructure for anything else, but their goods.
They'll piss in their pant to get instant warmth. When they are no longer warm, they'll throw them away and buy a new pair for the money they saved on heating.
Like all other dipshits, you mistake socialism with communism...
you are describing communism, not socialism...
Communism is "state ownership of the means of production and the producers' (workers') control over the manufactured production"
resulting in worthless products and lack of infrastructure.
Capitalism is "Private ovnership of everything, including critical infrastructure such as healthcare, education and roads."
resulting in overpriced products and crappy infrastructure with toll roads and long railway lines in shoddy conditions causing massive accidents on regular basis and people becoming homeless because of medical bills.
Socialism is the best of both worlds "Private ovnership of products manufacture not essential to the society, but state ovnership of critical infrastructure such as railroads, roads, education and healthcare" which results in everyone being treated to equal educational opportunities and everyone gets healthcare without going bankrupt, and get to live without having to worry about the trains derailing destroying their home town and polluting everything, because it is not profitable to maintain railway lines...
They are literally saying that Denmark isn’t a socialist country…
@@tjaller And yet they are saying we were some kind of a social country at some point, using the size of the public sector to measure this statement
Its a socialitesinkhole, USE your Brain, i see increase in every bad thing herre, grapes, crime, migration, drugs, weird idiologie, std, our wmn are in bed with the enemies, and our “men” dont get Any, what do you Think Will happen Wien Thise WHO hates our values are bigger? Our infrastructure falling apart by the seams, jeep coping, its all meaningless/downhill anyway..
We have social-democratic system - a universal wellfare system where people pay high taxes. But it is based on a free capitalist market economy.
There - saved you 8 minutes :)
The Fraser Institute just told me they know nothing about macro economics. Great job at missing the primary reason why government spendings increased during the late 1970's, also missing the primary reason for why Denmark has one of the largest public sectors in the world.
What, did something incur in the 70s, that especially sucked for export oriented nations, without oil reserves? ;)
@@snotspat Yes a really bad goverment that screw the economy. Anker Jørgensen was the worst prime minister Denmark has ever seen. A nice guy but really bad at his job.
And the actual answer is what, genius?
@@aidanaldrich7795 Really doesn't take a genius, just knowledge. 70's were the 1st and 2nd oil crisis, in the 80's New Public Management were introduced which has lead to the bloating of the public sector. Both is basic knowledge.
@@aidanaldrich7795 Sorry, I thought you were aware of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, that caused the Suez channel to be blocked, and the following two oil crisis. Now you are. :)
Mini doc. made by rich people for rich people. -this was made by wall street, need I say more....
Made by and for people who understand economics, unlike you
@@aidanaldrich7795 based on what? Do you know me ....?
@@kristianpedersen1163 "made for rich people"???????
@@aidanaldrich7795 understand corporate economics, yes, macroeconomics, no. Plus they don't even bothered to check the history books, getting the "fixing things" wrong by more than a decade.
We don't have socialism here. We have capitalism.
Lets call it social capitalism
@@traver1965 The system is just like the american system. The danish politicians enriched them selves, and their likes by wellpayed jobs in goverment places. It is all a scam, and everybody knows it. :o)
Socialism and capitalism are irrelevant.
The only thing that affects citizen prosperity is the quality of citizen representation in government. After that it does not really matter what you decide to label the economy.
@@traver1965 Or a Democracy with a heavy focus on equality?
We have social-democratic system - a universal wellfare system where people pay high taxes. But it is based on a free capitalist market economy.
I was born in Denmark in 1965. The greatest capitalist country in the world. Free of corruption and fake news.
We do have corruption though, just look at the military or the fishing industry.. people are getting fired for speaking with the press and they only showcase the good things, not the bad.
There’re nothing but fake news. Apparently you’re a product of that. I was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1962 and I’m seeing an increasingly stupidity, in this great country, among handling our tax money. Never rest on one’s laurels; keep criticizing and keep aiming for perfection.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thats a cope LOL
I can't quite make out if your joking?
This video seemingly tries to explain and understand the history and social development of Denmark and the nordic model, but completely miss key points and fail to understand the social structure of the danish people. It's so tendentious and set in its own original premise that anything concluded cannot be taken for anything other than a biased political message.
I found it great if you want to be critical you should mention what was wrong as in facts not just writing words without any meaning
@@veronicajensen7690 Some things: It ignores the global oil crisis in the 70's. It ignores that inflation was pretty high everywhere in the 80's, subconsciously it plays it off as if inflation was at the levels we were used to pre-covid for a long time. It also says Denmark started to fix issues in the mid 90's, missing the mark by more than a decade! it started in the early 80's. And it started by doing the needed reforms first, and from there it takes time until you see the effects pay off, this is also why it shows the producers here don't understand macroeconomics at all. Denmark in the 60's had introduced super generous welfare schemes, because so few neeeded it, and danes were of a mindset that everyone should work if they could. after the oil crisis a country with little oil production and an economy that wasn't energy conscious income takes a nosedive. Unemployment soars, and thus govt. expenditure soars with it. at the same time you see a larger and larger influx of migrants with a different mindset that believe women shouldn't work, and thinks the welfare for the unemployed is meant to support that lifestyle, this is a problem that persists to this day even.
US Republicans, falsely call Europe and particularly the scandinavian countries socialists and communists without even know what they talk about. It's tiring for most Danes to be referred to as crazed socialists just because we have a tradition of supporting our weaker fellow men and value Healthcare and education as part of our (capitalistic) market driven society. It's just good business to have a well educated, healthy, loyal and mentally well-balanced workforce. Being a capitalist does not mean you shouldn't engage in your community or be selfish and greedy. This is a really good piece, that should be mandatory for all Republicans to see.
Americans hate education and healthcare.
True, but its also annoying to be called social havens by the US Democrats that think everything becomes perfect if they tax the rich. But yeah generally Americans should know more about Denmark before they speak.
@@MrMikkelgamingDK People from USA are calling everything they don't understand by strange names because they lack education.
The important thing is how tax is used.
Americans are not using their tax on education and healthcare like normal countries do.
I would be more surprised by Americans having healthcare funded by taxes than by Americans having guns funded by taxes.
as a Dane I have to say it is mainly progressive Americans on the far left that call the Nordic countries incl. Denmark socialist, and Republicans trying to explain to then Denmark is not Socialist or they try to explain to them what was said in this video that all people pay high tax in Denmark
Socialist here, I can definitely agree with you I do wanna clarify, "social democracys are limited forms of socialism within a mostly capitalist friendly society, so their not considered socialist their still capitalist with socialist characteristics to put it basically." I would love to see socialism be more adopted. Capitalism is in decline, and with it, capitalism will become fasci'sm to protect itself, which i fear very much as an american Gen z. So the thing is, europe isn't anywhere close to being considered socialist. The closest countries would probably be norway or, of course, maybe Switzerland and also denmark, but then again their not socialist.
One American I met thought the Danish government controls what salary a company can pay their employees. Another one asked me if we have polar bears walking around in our streets. And no: I am (unfortunately) not kidding 😧
🇸🇪 here. Bad, fact/data picking article. I guess one of the few positive things that can be said about it is that at least they don't, unlike Trump's Denmark ambassador Carla Sands, claim that the reason so many people take the bike to work in Copenhagen is because they can't afford a car 🤣.
Besides, the reasons why the Danes pay more tax than the high income earners in the USA is that they, like us other Scandinavians, have access to free education, well-functioning infrastructure, affordable healthcare for all, generous holiday and parental benefits and a social safety net.
Which do you think benefits society and people best in the long run?
Chew on that libertarians…
but that was what the video stated, as a Dane I found this video correct and fact based we have a huge state, pay high tax, have a very liberal business policy and that is what pays for our benefits , the video is made for progressive Americans who think if they get the Scandinavian model the rich will pay for everything and nothing will change for the rest
Great mini documentary. “I know that some people in the US associate the Nordic model with some sort of socialism. Therefore I would like to make one thing clear. Denmark is far from a socialist planned economy. Denmark is a market economy.”-former Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen, speech at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government on November 1, 2015
It's full of misinformation . . . .
@@mammasut8280 can you give me a couple of different examples of where you feel that misinformation was given?
@@saenzperspectives It's manipulating in its comparisons for a start, at best you can call it simplistic however the whole tone is just questionable.
The lack of knowledge about Denmark or the world outside the US is mind blowing. For instance, on my first visit to the US, back in 2005, I met a couple who firmly believed that there’s no running water in Europe….
Well, then you met officially the stupidest people in America 😂
If you presented this in school in Denmark, you would fail the course. MIssleading and cheery picking, would be the explanation for your F.
😑Denmark is a social democratic country. Unions have done a lot for the danes.
In regards to the unemployment in 70'ties 80'ties the oil crisis played a huge role. Many countries faced the issues back then.
Denmark is best country in the world to live in...😁i dont see what the issue is.
no Denmark is NOT a social democratic country, it is a social liberal country, why does so few Danes know that fact?
@@veronicajensen7690 It's based on social democratic ideals.
@@veronicajensen7690 Tf are you talking about? Democracy and social liberalism isn´t mutually exlusive. Do you not know what democracy is?
"limited government" is a stretch but I guess everything is relative. What the government doesn't provide is upheld by our amazingly powerful unions. Even as early as 1815 we had publically paid schools.
Not bad.
What is missed though is why Denmark “experimented” with Socialism between 1970ish to 1993ish. It’s down to 3 factors:
1: the energy or oil crisis of 1973 and 1979, Denmark did not produce a lot of oil at the time, creating a large currency deficit.
2: Denmark got a new Social Democrat Prime Minister in 1972-3, Anker Jørgensen, again serving in 1975-1982, arguably the most left wing Social Democrat Prime Minister ever in charge of the country and an utter failure. Foreign debt as a percentage of GNP rose from abt 10pct in 1972 to 36pct in 1982, then started to slow in 1984 and turned around in 1988 just below 50pct, after which it fell. Total debt turned around in 1993.
3: The actual experiment stopped in 1982, when Anker Jørgensen, gave up governing. The Conservative Prime Minister Poul Schlüter took over, turned the county around from 1982-1993, with success, Denmark today runs relatively large currency account surpluses, there is hardly any foreign currency based debts, total debt is low, the budget runs surpluses, with the exception of the 2009 crash and 2019-2020 Covid area.
Americans also pay for their services.
It's just a more expensive system though tuition, insurance etc.
And the added bonus is that I don't have 25% of kids (and their families) in my country living in abject poverty, like the US and now the UK does.
Denmark is not socialist, that's just BS.
This video is manipulating and paints a misleading picture.
When comparing to other countries it totally ignores, that as a small nation what goes on in the World impacts more than what it does in big countries. And on top it all but fails to mention the many benefits of having a large public sector, like for example that much of the economic success of Denmark comes from the high level of education of great infrastructure - both something the large public sector provides.
The whole idea that the size of government economy vs. private economy works as part of measuring economic freedom is just wrong, it matters greatly what the government economy is running and when it pays for education, healthcare, generous social security and so on, then that contributes to economic freedom rather than diminishing it. Like for example, there is freedom in bankruptcy due to medical costs not being a thing, or that the education one chooses is not dependent on money from your parents.
Denmark is not a socialist country - that is so stupid and uninformed
I noticed the last sentence: " Denmark DOES have a larger wellfare state than many other western countries, but it pays for the system with higher taxes levied on average danes. It's an arrangement largely rejected in most other western countries" - and yet it seems to work, since Denmark are always in top of everything! 🤔 - food for thought!.
People that don't have to worry about starving or not having a place to live have probably free mind and free brain to use it on other endeavours.
@@zarddin exactly. Another good argument why a good wellfare system is good business.
@@lise1255 It also makes it easier for people to take risks and chances in their lives. If you know that failing in your endeavours does not mean homelessness and starvation. You are more ok with taking chances to improve your life if you know that you can fail a few times before you succeed without having to worry about simple survival in case of a fail.
@@zarddin I can only agree and the sad part is that US could afford it if only they had a fair tax system. It's sad, they can't see it.
@@lise1255 USA is build on not educating their people and using their emotions against them to make it easier to rule over them. They really believe they are the land of the free while they are treated as slaves by their corporations and politicians.
USA will never have healthcare and education paid by taxes. There is bigger chance that they will all get guns paid by taxes than education or healthcare.
Denmark is social-democratic.
no Denmark's ideological system is called Social Liberal google it, only Socialdemocrats think it's Social-democratic , in the 1970-1980 it was more Social-Democratic when Anker Jørgensen was PM didn't work out well for the economy although he was popular as a person
Denmark is WEF and again, aiming for "the final solution". Nothing new 😰
"Denmark avoids borrowing."
That is very logical. Don't spend more than you earn. In the end higher taxes but not borrowing money makes people more wealthy than lower taxes and borrowing money from other countries.
Greece was all about borrowing money and low taxes and went bankrupt 4 times so far in last 50 years.
It's quite telling that the more we've moved towards "americanising" our society in Denmark (which is objectively stupid), the more inequality we have and the worse things are in every aspect of society:
Education. Healthcare. Infrastructure. Free Speech. Tolerance.
Insanely angled. We achieved a strong economy > then we improved the wealthfare for all citizens, so no one should ever fear of losing their financial stability or health - "together we're Strong, divided we fall"
It is always a scource of much bewilderment and amusement that Denmark is called a "socialist country" by Americans whether they mean it as a compliment or not. We are not socialist but social democratic. That means that we control our campitalism and have developed welfare programs. It means that basic human needs are government funded such as health care, education, elderly care, child care etc. Meaning that our economy is based on capitalism but it is regulated and we happily pay high taxes, so we can live freely without worrying about paying for healtcare and education for our children's education. This also ensures the freedom from much crime, homelessness etc.
you know nothing about my country
Ok as an american who has been living in Denmark for the last 8 years I can say that as a top earner I actually pay around 43% tax. The 57% is complete BS. You are only taxed at 57% on the upper portion of your income. So a person making 1.000.000 kr. a year is not gonna pay anywhere near 57%. When you add in the free health care, government subsidies for your children, paternity and maternity leave, free education etc you can actually live a much better life than you do in the states. The people who made this documentary obviously have not lived in this country. It’s complete propaganda used to scare Americans away from liberal policies.
Yeah, but if you work hard and get rich, you can live better in the states
@@aidanaldrich7795 If you get filthy rich, because you'll basically have to spend increasing amounts on security, eating up all that extra income until you're, if not billionaire, then close to it.
@@vrenak what? An upper middle class American would be considered rich by even European standards
@@aidanaldrich7795 No, in the south and east perhaps, but not in the northwest.
Apparently Americans haven't the faintest idea what socialism means -- which is government ownership of the means of production. Denmark has high taxes but is not at all socialist. Our wealth comes from privately owned businesses and corporations.
Ofcourse that dont have any idea.... they are indoctrinated from childhood, that anything else that what it is in USA is bad.. and they believe it.
That is incorrect, ownership of production is communism. We are still a socialist country, but the free market one, that is Democratic Socialism.
Let's face it: Americans haven't the faintest idea about anything.
I was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1962 and I’m seeing an increasingly stupidity, in this great country, among handling our tax money. I hate when people say “we don’t mind paying high taxes”. What’s important is to get the most out of blood drawing taxation.. Never rest on one’s laurels; keep criticizing and keep aiming for perfection.
The difference between Denmark and the US is purely how much control over the government the common citizens have. As long as the citizens have genuine representation in government citizen prosperity increases.
The US has lost citizen representation, got lazy about maintaining the democracy. Now the corporations and oligarchs control the majority of government decisions, and thus failing citizen prosperity.
Please don't let that happen in Denmark. Stay active in politics and watchful of your representatives, no matter how good things seem to be at the moment.
Social programs are not socialism. Nor are high taxes. You cannot compare Denmark to Cuba. jmho
Such a misleading take on the Danish model. It totally leaves out that through that high income tax, we get free health care, and education. With higher education being based on merit. So our little country does have a very socialist take on government spending, in a way you could say that Denmark is so small and homogenic that we take care of each other as kind of one big happy family. Big companies kind of edmit to being depending on the welfare state to have Healthy and highly educated workers with staple and safe lives, so they can be as productive as possible. And the population realize that they need big businesses to get good jobs. But i dont think our model could work in places like usa or gb. They are to big and could never reach our level of community and togetherness.
Not very well researched "mini documentary" , seems like the outcome was given and the facts where made to fit. Goverment spending that includes paying for free schole and healtcare is much more expensive then the US model where you are left on your one.
Or so you would think, but in reality it's the USA that struggle horribly with budget deficits and debt, while the Danish government can afford to be proactive instead trying to cover up "potholes" that makes it's vastly more problematic and expensive to fix, which is also why the USA spend around twice as much per capita on a vastly less efficient healthcare, among other things.
In Denmark we have seen an increasing government budget surplus. It went from a small $613 million budget deficit in 2020 (because of the covid-19 crisis) to a surprising $8.4 billion surplus in 2021 and a just as surprising $18.4 billion surplus in 2022. The 2023 figures shows a $9.9 billion budget surplus in the first 3 out of 4 quarters, despite a huge increase in military spending's and billions worth of military aid for Ukraine. These kind of results would be impossible for the USA in the aftermath and times of both a heath (corona) crisis, and an energy and food crisis, due to the war in Ukraine that has made prices go up everywhere on the planet.
Vi har sgu da ikke gratis skoler eller hospitaler.
Så har du da ikke sat dig ind i, hvordan statens økonomi fungerer.
@@johnchristiansen5968 Jeg tror han mener at det er gratis for den enkelt person at tage en uddandelse. Men ja vi alle betaler igennem skat alligevel, men det er lidt lættere at få styr på sit liv når man som færdiguddannet ikke allerede står i 600.000 kr personlig gæld.
Business tax rate at 13,8%? The Business tax rate is 22% in Denmark
I think you're confusing business tax, Erhversbeskatning, with sales tax/VAT, Moms.
@@ane-louisestampe7939 the sales tax/VAT (Moms) is 25% in Denmark. The Business tax rate (selskabskat) is 22%
i think 13,8% might be the actually paid business tax = after deductibles ect..
@@JesperSandgreen Selskabsskatten i Danmark er på 22 % og beregnes som udgangspunkt på baggrund af selskabets overskud. Det kaldes også for selskabets skattepligtige indkomst. www.google.com/search?q=selskabsskat+i+danmark&rlz=1CARGFB_enDK1057&oq=selskabsskat+i+danmark&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTkyMTRqMGoxNagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
No such thing as socialism in Denmark.
Socialism means that private ownership of means of production and distribution are prohibited.
Does Danish workers own the means of production? No. Thus Denmark is not a Socialist State. If a hig school student made the same reasoning in Economy class i hope they would fail.
Now wouldnt it have been fair to tell that the unemployment rate has been close to 3% for more than a decade? And wouldnt it have been fair to tell the world what a wellfair state is? And wouldnt it have been fair to tell that most of the middle class danes who carries the biggest burden economically also benefits the most due to the wellfair system: Free schools, free universities, SU (the system pays you to study, right now around 5700 kr a month) free medical help, free hospitals and the lidt goes on.
If you compare the US to this system most calculations would have the outcome: The danes have more money to spend even after taxes because we dont have to buy healthcare and save up for our childrens education. Just ask the americans who move here.
A fundamental flaw in this analysis is talking about government as something static. Disregarding shifts in policy depending on which political parties are in control.
Loui XIV: The State? That's me!
Danes: The State? That's us!
US-citizens: The State? Where's my gun!
I love living in Denmark and have no problem with taxes.
You give more of your income away than literal medieval serfs. You're brainwashed to worship the state that uses you
Funnny how this video forgot to mention the 2nd biggest tax in Denmark, called the PAL tax. Basically it is tax on the profits of retirement funds, 15% to be exact. It swings wildly from year to year, but basically since 2000 it has brought over 100 billion dollars in tax revenue.
I am happy to pay my taxes in Denmark. Things function here.
You will have a real shock the day you realize they don't always do!
Is this sponsored by Fox News?
It's just shitty American corporate propaganda. I grew up in the U.S and I live in Poland now. Yes Poland or Denmark aren't socialist. It's a free market economy. I go to work, get paid and pay taxes every month just like everyone else. The difference is that here in Poland and other European and developed nations we actually believe in keeping public programs such as health care, education ect. Healthcare here is treated the same as how Americans fund their local police, fire departments ect. Years of lobbying by the private healthcare insurance providers in the U.S have made Americans afraid of universal healthcare.
@@polskaexpore China also have capitalism.
@@janolsen9856 I know. I've been to china.
Also watch the speech by former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen at Harvard Institute of Politics in 2015. He gave a more detailed description of the Danish economy.
We are not a socialist country, our system only works because of our difficult immigration and sea borders. You have a easier time to immigration legally to the US when Denmark.
7:02 You need to define what is understood by socialism in this context
There’s a good argument to be made that government spending is not an indication of freedom, but rather can be a facilitator of one. Consider the extreme case of no government spending, that’s not a free society, that’s Haiti. The reverse is of course also true (North Korea). Therefore it’s questionable if government size really correlates with freedom. Like my Hungarian wife likes to say about the Netherlands: “yes we pay hoger taxes here, but at least we can see where the money goes”
There's a word for that: Whataboutism.
Exactly. There is lots of freedom coming from universal health care, education that is not only free but gives students money to study, a generous welfare system and so on.
No one in Denmark goes bankrupt over health care cost, this in turn also means employers can't hold loosing health insurance over the head of employees = more freedom to tell your boss to get lost.
Denmark is a monarchy that still exists
Think the big diffenrents between people from US and Denmark is Danish people trust their State and Americans dont..
And i Think socialisme means 1 thing in Denmark and something very different in US😊
I know a lot of danes trust the government, but there are MANY that doesn't
Seems significant historical element are left out. Suggest you study “andelsbevægelsen” and Grundtvig. Just to take a few key elements.
we still pay around 40% in taxes
I am impressed, learned people in this video still don't get it. We get something from our tax money. FREE healthcare, free education also in universities. We even get money from the state, when studying. We have very cheap medical drugs and more.
These clever persons, in this video, should move to Denmark for a year and dive deeply into the Danish system.
For a Dane, it is easy to hear they don't know much about Denmark or do they have an agenda?
If the Fraser Institute had its way, Canada (where the Institute is located) would have a government and social system similar to Afghanistan’s. They advocate totally free markets, (like the situation of total freedom to grow and sell heroin-producing poppies in Afghanistan), limited or absent government oversight, where the economy is dictated and controlled by large business interests (ex. Akin to Warlords of Afghanistan), private education, health care, and daycare (in Afghanistan, the average citizen gets nothing, or is even denied an education, in the case of women). In fact, the only area where the F.I. might differ from the Taliban is in the right to carry weapons. However, given as how the F.I.’s inspiration is derived from American right-wing fundamentalism, I would not be surprised if the F.I. began preaching to its audience about the rights of all Canadians to carry weapons. I do know, for a fact, that many right-leaning citizens in the Western Provinces of Alberta, B.C. And Saskatchewan (where the F.I.’s base of support is seated, believe that they already have right to do this. They don’t understand that Canada’s Constitution is fundamentally different than the one in the U.S.A. God helps us in Canada, if the ideas of the Frasier Institute ever get implemented in this country.
There is a lot of false assumptions in this video. Shame on them to make this video.
They pretend it was only due to the big government we struggled in the 70, 80 and 90s
Which is not even remotly correct.
Firstly we didnt struggle in all those years. Thats just nonesense.
In the 70s we had the world wide oil crisis. Which hurt all industrial countries in the world and had nothing to do with Denmark even though we were a victim of it, like the intire west.
Honestly if the people that made this video want to keep their integrity they need to pull this video down, do some reseach and then make a new video.
This is the first time i have ever done it, but i had to report this channel for misinformation.
Its sad to see another countries think tank feel the need to manipulate the danish history to fit some kind of narritive that they have.
I dont know if its just sheer incompetence or its purposely giving false information.
But in either case its really bad.
Did you maybe compare things to how in the 70s, Denmark went through a second industrial revolution and a lot of jobs in the rural sector were lost to more effective methods? How about the general global situation? Like compare unemployment rate in Denmark with those abroad? Or compare, say, how the newly built industrial complex should sell their wares on the international market, maybe that could have an influence? How about showing government spending as a percentage compared to the total economy? If the BNP rose significantly, then even if the spending stayed the same, the percentage would still drop.
Also, you're using your own measure of economic freedom? How about also using the heritage foundation's even someone else? And if Denmark is #7, who's #1-6 and who's #8+? And where is America and Britain in comparison?
Your documentary simply has too many ill-thought out graphs with lack of context.
Well it’s more a kind of capitalistic socialism I would say 😊🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
denmark has got the mixture of free market economics & social democracy just right , the tradition of honesty ensures big business is self regulating & not the winner grab all regardless of the cost to others you have in the uk or us, the same culture of honesty ensures that people appreciate the benefits of the social welfare system but do not abuse it or use it as a lifestyle choice. in ireland we try to follow this scandanavian model , unfortunately we chose the wrong scandanavian country ie sweden
And Denmark produces nothing of value (other than Lego) for the world like UK or the US does. Tradeoffs
Ok Fraser Institute, Is it socialist or is it not? This video is contradicting itself in real time.
No. You should look up socialism on Google.
The correct term is welfare state, because half of the Danish political parties do not refer to themselves as socialist.
Another problem is that European social democratic parties have changed a lot since the late nineteenth century, so you cannot always apply a textbook definition of socialism to these parties.
@@anotherelvis Text book socialism is working class empowerment. The Nordic model, as superior as it is to America's third world system of abject poverty, is not socialist at all.
I live in Denmark and we are not a socialist country... unfortunately!
@@mclarsen61 I live in Denmark too and it’s certainly a socialist country!
Denmark and all of the north is the best in the world.. i dont care if the tax is high, have what i need and i dont make milions..
we also are widely more educated that the american Hill Billies and have a higher level of educantion among workers of whom are also amongst the most clever workers in the world
community and the willingness to pay for common citizens , we have the most trust in each others
This is an absurdly biased video that cherry picks statistics and outright misrepresents data. It is astounding that something like this can be produced. Here are a few things that I am sure you will ignore since they contradict your BS agenda: 1. Less than 9% of Danes pay the top tax rate (so the rich are the ones hit most by it). 2. The high government spending translates into very tangible benefits for everyone, so in practice the average Dane gains more than citizens in countries with lower taxes (i.e. their effective costs are lower). 3. You draw all these great conclusions on how Denmark learnt its lesson about high government spending, but by your own statistics it was only decreased from 59% to 50% - which is really very little compared to your original data. And the economy has been going great for a very long time, so clearly your conclusions are nonsense. 4. Throughout that entire period where you claim Denmark struggled so immensely (which is BS as well), it retained a per capita GDP comparable to the US - sometimes a bit higher, sometimes a bit lower.
Stop making crap to fit your pre-determined agenda.
7:28 too soon man... too soon.. on a more serious note: I have a psychological disease that prevents me from having a steady job yet I still survive on basic welfare benefits.. and even i pay around 40% of the "income" i have on taxes... and i would gladly pay that same or even higher tax could i maintain a job... because i know it goes to a betterment of the society in general.
Does this mean that there are no problems in Denmark? Hell no... we still have roughly .1% (official numbers, though its suspected to be around .3%) of the population is homeless... and even half of the homeless in this country live not on the streets but in halfway houses run mostly by the municipalities of the countries (there are a few privately owned ones around as well).
So they make their own list, using their own criteria. They end up saying Denmark is 7th out of 165 countries, but then concludes it does so poorly on said list. 😂😂 Laughable.
Click bait, the term Socialism is commonly referenced to communist/authoritarian governments and Denmark is just a Democracy with strong social policies approach. Spreading ignorance through the title of the video, shameful.
The right-wing gets too caught up on ideological debates and terminology without discussing real-world policies.
You say Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are not socialist. Fine. Then when democrats try to institute similar policies in the US like universal healthcare, you declare it communism.
Norway's financial prosperity came from the nationalization and heavy taxation of oil. If the US nationalized all its oil, would you still call it capitalist, or would you start making comparisons to Venezuela?
Singapore, lauded as the most economically free country on Earth, has the government owning 90% of the land and state-owned enterprises controlling 37% of the total stock market cap. If the US government held 37% or the NYSE and NASDAQ market cap, would you describe that as capitalism or start crying that it's communism?
When the Biden administration psssed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Inflation Reduction Act, snd CHIPS Act; right-wingers were calling it socialism; but now that the money is flowing to their communities, infrastructure getting built, factories coming online, thousands of new jobs, they're praising it as free-market capitalism.
Feel this wasn't really about Denmark, but justification to keep on trucking for for one country in mind
It's misleading to consider only the high sales- and income tax without also considering and comparing what we get for that money.
I have a master's degree from one of the top ranking technical universities in Europe, never paid tuition and even got paid for expenses while studying (food, housing etc.). With two working class parents that was not a given in many other countries. Medical insurance is also not needed, as the public healthcare system is paid for by the aforementioned taxes, and the list goes on.
Never heard about a business rate tax at 13.8%?? Business corporate tax is 22%..
Instinctivly I cry foul when you claim something, but only show statistics for part of the time you mention.
A goverment can be heavy regulators without spending extensively.
You are using terms withouth defining what you mean by them, and at least partly contradict youself trying to paint a picture that shows what you want.
And what we in Scandinavia get from our "high" taxes is safety, healthcare, education etc.
We pay around thatof the U.S., if you add in the cost of what we get for our taxexs like healthcare and education.
They also conveniently forgot to post the comparative stats for other countries in some contexts, like unemployment is shown alone, when comparisons are made,only english speaking is shown, but should show also: Norway, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, France at the very least.
wtf you don't know anything about Denmark
This "mini-documentary" is a rather poor standard, GCSE-level description of Denmark's economy. Chat GPT would have done a better job! They do not really define Socialism and confused government spending with 'economic freedom' as if they a mutually exclusive. The figures from the different graphs on government spending as a % share of GDP contradicted each other... 24.4% in 1970 miraculously became 42% in 1970 @2:29. They simply forgot to mention the OPEC crisis or the end of Bretton Woods. That was egregiously bad research and childish editing 😂
it is not bad to have more people represented in our government, what we are comtrary to the USA we are much better at making compromises in politics , this the USA politicians are lousy at
Listening to 'Murican-sounding narrators trying to explain the Nordic model gives me he creeps! They simply do not have a clue what it is about!
A commitment to limited government while having some of the highest government expenditure in the world.
This narrative seems faulty.
That's one of the dumbest conclusions I've ever heard. It is NOT a question of being socialist or capitalist.
* Denmark is proud to be the most capitalist free run country for companies, far more than the USA.
* But Denmark is also proud to be the most social country in the world, which ensures everyone, rich and poor, and companies a very high and unbureaucratic and efficient service, so that we all only have to do what we are best at: running a business with highly paid, efficient and competent employees.
* We are all guaranteed a good life from cradle to grave. * We would like to accept immigrants, but only if they have a good education and uphold Danish values.
WHY NOT TALK ABOUT THE KRAP-HEAP THAT IS AMERICA - I.E.: KENSINGTON - ETC
One of the biggest perks of the Danish model is something we call “flexsecurity”. Look it up!
Basically, since all citizens have a high Social security, this means we don’t need a lot of regulation between employer and employed.
There’s no minimum wage and you can be fired anytime for no reason… But, therefore, It’s cheap and low risk for companies to hire you, and therefore it’s easy to find a job. And, if you absolutely can’t find a job, then the government will pay your wages until you can.
As a Dane, our local Mayor just had a succesfuld Bone Marrow Transplant against Cancer, finding the Marrow in Peru! It is done for the many Taxpayers money and it isn't a Personal Problem! I had a transplant of the lenses in my eyes some years ago. Also paid for by multiple Taxpayers money, and not a Personal Problem! You don't risk becoming ruined from health problems in Denmark, without a valid Health Insurance. And I live from a fine, ordinary Public Pension.
a vid where they dont know what they talk about... it's like all the other English speaking countries, trying to figure out how other countries do it, but fails every single time... trash vid, do your FULL homework, and make another vid, coz this..... is BS!
you forget to calculate what it costs to get sick, go to school for secondary education and all the insurance against poverty.
Watch some vids of Americans living for a longer time in Denmark or the Netherlands. This is mostly ideological BS.
Is it now mandatory to be ..."retracted "??
Not one mention of the EU 🤔🤔🤔🤔
The most significant difference is that the government pays for stuff via the taxes. While in places like USA have for profit middlemen nestled in between. The most clear example of this is in the healthcare sector where a trip to the hospital is insanely high becouse everyone needs a slize of the money cake. The hospital, insurance, the pharmasutical companies etc etc. All thoes costs are funneled into private wealthy individuals instead of the state.
Are workers at this Fraser institute getting paid?
It's a think-tank, no goverment funding. So donation only, from funds etc.
Google them, I usually do when curious.
Sure, by some companies/capitalists, who want a specific job done.
You know, free of any interferens from the politicians and with out any consideration for the "people"
Google AIPAC! influence is done, with deep pocket's!
@@ane-louisestampe7939 well it is a libertarian-conservative think tank, somewhat tempered by being canadian, also famous for it's climatechange denial, at least the last part shows us how they regard scientific data, as something you pick and choose from to fit your desires.
@@vrenak Thank you, thank you!
it is also pensioners who have paid
that the rich have received tax relief
money has been taken from them by not increasing their pension to the same extent as all those who have work
and it started in the mid 90s and nothing has happened since then
so the state owes Persians about 1.5 now combined with the mid 90s
we are glad to pay our tax becouse if you Look at the USa if you go to a doctor just that you walk inside the dore for a maybe broken arm lets say it isen it cost you 20.000 dollers alot of American cant afford to go to doctors an they go aaround with a broken fod or something that have not heal right becouse of this greedy system the American system is
we have free schools aducation hopitals Childcare an so on becouse Danmark have found that a healthy Citizen is a happy one an a happy one with a aducation provide to the state longer by paying tax we are investing in our people an our future is not becouse we are a small contry we are so rich becouse we take care of our people here if some one falls we help them up no one need to leve on the street here there is always help to get back on your feet here.
unlike the USA whare so many leve on the street both becouse they cant pay their rent or house becouse of low income or otherwise
if the rich in USa an otehr Contry pay their fair shar of the Tax then everybody was able to leve like we do an this is here whare the rich are more an more greedy when you look towards contrys like USA an other contrys out there.
the nordic contry learn from another an help make a better system that works for os all acoss contrys here an we fluris becouse of ot also why we are so rich becouse we do not look down on people with less money or people with more money we all pay our sher an no one go hungry to bed or dont have roof over their head.
changes your systems if you want a better balance in life
It was the socialists that wanted a small limited government, and the centrists that wanted a big all controlling government where they could decide from central planning what was done. And that is still how it is today. The centrists wants to control everything from central planning, but the socialists want the government to be restricted and let the local people decide.
"The Fraser Institute claimed in 2014 that "There has been no statistically significant weather change for the last 15-20 years."[21] Additionally, in response to a 2019 report published by Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Fraser Institute claimed in an article that "Most of what people are noticing, of course, are just natural weather events." The rest of the article goes on to portray the report as hype and misleading.[22][third-party source needed] These claims contradict the consensus of experts in the field and are not in line with scientific data regarding Climate change.[23][24][improper synthesis?]"
Denmark (well maybe all the Nordics + Switzerland) seem to have the best of both worlds : free markets with social democracy. A much nicer alternative to working for a Slaveholder Corporation in so-called free-markets like Texas or something!
A welfare state is extremely good as long as it's done with minimal deadweight loss. Denmark is still one of the most free market countries in the world according to the heritage foundation.