My upcoming book, The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine The Middle Class, quotes from statistics updated in Nima Sanandaji’s just-released book, Debunking Utopia: Exposing the Myth of Nordic Socialism. Tyler Cowen reports: "Danish-Americans have a measured living standard about 55 percent higher than the Danes in Denmark. Swedish-Americans have a living standard 53 percent higher than the Swedes, and Finnish-Americans have a living standard 59 ... Read More
