In my understanding, based on a John Stossel (please work forever, sir) piece, the Swedish equivalent of Social Security is indexed to the GDP. Logically, if the GDP took a huge hit, then so too would payments to retirees.
If true, this has to have been a part of the (successful) calculus.
I am so glad they stuck to their guns. They are giving the lie to all the fascist bullshit going on in the rest of the world.
No, I don’t want to be like China. Fuck you for not asking, and fuck you for taking this a minute longer.