The Pole Star of Social Democracy Has Burnt Out, What Should We Do Now?

This policy brief discusses Sweden as the pole star of social democratic thought, albeit a fading one. Now it has burnt out, short of international alternatives to the victorious radical right and NATO. It recommends that self-critical liberals in the spirit of John Stuart Mill, greens, and leftists need to get together and decide on how to move ahead.

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