"Trägårdh and his collaborator—a well-known Swedish historian and journalist named Henrik Berggre—put together their o…"

"What Lars Trägårdh came to understand during his years in the United States was that the overarching ambition of Nord…"

"All told, thanks to these various forms of freedom from the old-fashioned logistical dependence on one’s parents, chi…"

"This approach creates fewer strains between family members, because those individuals don’t have to make the sort of …"

"For example, for all the gender equality in Nordic societies, Nordic women are still less likely to work as managers …"

"Finally a special committee published its recommendation: Finland should create a unified public school system. React…"

"Because of smart policies, Finland is able to spend less per student than do Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and the United …"

"[...] Markus Jäntti, a Finnish economist at the University of Helsinki, who with his colleagues looked at inherited d…"

"From the Nordic perspective, it’s not this Nordic approach that is unsustainable—it’s the American approach that’s ev…"

"America’s reign of optimism contributes to a culture in which negative feelings are often unwelcome. [...] As I ponde…"