alt Hacker News> The obvious solution is not to hurt the economy as a whole, but rather for the government to lower the cost of high-quality education, build out social systems, and invest into onshoring select strategic industries by raising taxes at the high end.
Like... Scandinavia?
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JensRantil • 04/03/2025
As an example, yes.
AnthonyMouse • 04/03/2025
Scandinavia is using oil and gas reserves as a captive tax base. It doesn't really generalize to markets where capital is mobile.
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Yes.
Scandinavia is the gold standard for liberals.
Unless you are talking about immigration, and then no one ever heard of them.