It seems like his argument is basically "Scandinavian countries are more socialist, have less inequality and report slightly more happiness than the US. Therefore socialism is better than capitalism." That seems like a really gross oversimplification with a ton of confounders.
It seems like his argument is basically "Scandinavian countries are more socialist, have less inequality and report slightly more happiness than the US. Therefore socialism is better than capitalism." That seems like a really gross oversimplification with a ton of confounders.
No, he refers to other data also supporting his claims. He wrote a whole book about it. But maybe this is a fair description of his argument in the debate (which I haven’t listened to yet). And you’re right that that’s a poor argument on its own. At a minimum, he should consider the long list of countries much less capitalistic than USA or Scandinavian countries that are awful places to live in for the typical citizen.
It seems like his argument is basically "Scandinavian countries are more socialist, have less inequality and report slightly more happiness than the US. Therefore socialism is better than capitalism." That seems like a really gross oversimplification with a ton of confounders.
No, he refers to other data also supporting his claims. He wrote a whole book about it. But maybe this is a fair description of his argument in the debate (which I haven’t listened to yet). And you’re right that that’s a poor argument on its own. At a minimum, he should consider the long list of countries much less capitalistic than USA or Scandinavian countries that are awful places to live in for the typical citizen.
I haven't read this book (and honestly I won't), so yeah I'm just responding specifically to this post he made here.