Sweden: Lessons for America?
2018, English. Directed by James Tusty & Maureen Castle Tusty.
A personal exploration by Johan Norberg
It's been suggested that Americans would be better off if the United States was more like Sweden. Do the Swedes know something that we don't? Sweden: Lessons for America? A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg delves into the economic and social landscape of the Swedish scholar's homeland. Join him to see that the lessons to be learned from Sweden may not be the ones you expect. The one-hour documentary follows Norberg on a journey through the history of Sweden's economic rise, from one of the poorest countries in the world to one of the most prosperous. The program illuminates key ideas and enterprises that sparked the reform and continue to help Sweden maintain its lofty economic position, including freedom of the press, free trade, new technology companies, crazy jobs and even an old Swedish superhero.
- Runtime
- 0h 56m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
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- Released
- 8 September 2018
- Country
- Sweden, United States of America
- Written by
- Maureen Castle Tusty, James Tusty, Mike Majoros
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Sweden: Lessons for America? runs 56 minutes (0h 56m).
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What movies are like Sweden: Lessons for America??
If you liked Sweden: Lessons for America?, try Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country.
Who directed Sweden: Lessons for America??
Sweden: Lessons for America? (2018) was directed by James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty and stars Johan Norberg, Per Ågren, Mattias Bengtsson.