Scandinavian Unexceptionalism. Culture, Markets and the Failure of Third-Way Socialism, Paperback/Nima Sanandaji

It is clear that many of the desirable features of Scandinavian societies, such as low income inequality, low levels of poverty and high levels of economic growth predated the development of the welfare state. These and other indicators began to deteriorate after the expansion of the welfare state and the increase in taxes to fund it.