Talk:Income inequality in Sweden

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very poor article[edit]

It reads like a partisan defense of Sweden's economic and social model:

"However, more recent studies have shown the wealth gap to be growing in Sweden.[12][13] In 2018 a leading Swiss bank claimed that in Sweden the highest 10% have 60-70% of the nation's wealth. This was promptly cited with evident glee by a business journalist to suggest a contradiction with Sweden's values as a 'socialist' country, conveniently overlooking its actual liberal social democratic capitalist practice of over a century's standing. [14]"

This kind of editorializing has no place in an encyclopedia. I've removed it but there are other examples.

"Inflation is currently in a historical low,[7] and Swedes pay very high taxes, being 52.1% of GDP (2014 est.) and enjoy a very generous universal welfare state."

First of all, what does inflation have to do with income inequality? Secondly, "enjoy" and "very generous" are not objective language.

"Other studies have shown that the top 10% made 90% of 'capital income' (defined as income from the sale of housing and shares, which hardly equates exactly to 'investment income')[15]"

The second clause of that parenthetical is clearly viewpoint-pushing, and I would say outright false. Liquidation of assets is "investment income" under any reasonable definition of the term.

"[Since this 'study' is mentioned repeatedly herein, it would be helpful to cite it so that others could go to the source of the claims attributed to it.]"

Why is this in the article?

"However, this present assertion (quite apart from other definitional questions) is informationally deficient since it fails to specify whether 'poverty' is defined as absolute or relative. "

More non-encyclopedic viewpoint pushing.

I could go on, but it's clear that this article needs major work. I think it should be renamed "Economic Inequality in Sweden", as wealth inequality is discussed in the article but is distinct from income inequality. The editorializing needs to be expunged, and sources need to be updated. 90.155.34.28 (talk) 18:29, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]