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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Nov 2015

    Does anyone know why Sweden had no growth in productivity between 1975 and 1980? What happened?pic.twitter.com/5gjr6s8DMa

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      2. Lars Peder Amlie‏ @lpa999 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg After the war Sweden was in an excellent position to adapt US technology. In 1970 there was more or less no more catching up to do.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Nov 2015
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        @lpa999 Then why did growth start again in the mid 80s?

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      4. Lars Peder Amlie‏ @lpa999 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Liberalization of finance and eventually adoption of IT.

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      1. Joe Kent‏ @itsjoekent 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sweden#Post-war_Sweden:_1945 …pic.twitter.com/Qg9Mo9OEkN

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      1. Joshua Cyr‏ @jcyr 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Abbapic.twitter.com/U1yro2cfql

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      1. Chad Stovern‏ @chadhs 17 Nov 2015
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        .@paulg collectively as a nation they scheduled yak-shaving time to configure emacs.

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      1. Andreas Bergh‏ @drbergh 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Published article version: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13563467.2013.849670 … Long version: http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/sweden-and-the-revival-of-the-capitalist-welfare-state … (will stop spamming now)

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      1. Vivek Srinivasan ‏ @viveksrn 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg They spent the time figuring out how to be happy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report …

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      1. ¤ Robert Walker ¤‏ @WalkingOlof 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Right wing government took over from the left wing

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      1. Jon Kreindler  🇨🇦‏ @jkreindler 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg @armandobiondi blame it on the Saab 99. In '75 they added dual carbs.

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      1. Vova Petrov‏ @VovaPetrov 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg To sum up all of the above, a right wing gov ditched oil for Abba.

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      1. Andreas Bergh‏ @drbergh 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg See section 4, "Interventionism and lagging behind" in this wp: http://www.ifn.se/publikationer/working_papers/2011/873 … (thx @MathiasSundin )

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      1. James M. Russell‏ @BurghDiaspora 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg This seems credible: http://www.ekonomifakta.se/en/Swedish-economic-history/Structural-Problems-and-Reforms/ …

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      1. Ben Bodien‏ @bbodien 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg knock-ons from the 73 oil crisis? http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/ifdp/1982/205/ifdp205.pdf …

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      2. Andrew Lampitt‏ @AndrewLampitt 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg ABBA

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      3. Andrew Lampitt‏ @AndrewLampitt 17 Nov 2015
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        @paulg http://eh.net/encyclopedia/sweden-economic-growth-and-structural-change-1800-2000/ …

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      1. Glenn Ballard‏ @Startup_CFO 25 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Socialism?

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      1. Alexey Kishkin‏ @odobenus 22 Nov 2015
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        @paulg I guess Olof Palme -> Thorbjörn Fälldin (1976) , Thorbjörn Fälldin -> Olof Palme (1982)

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