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Leif Pagrotsky speaks to the importance of building and maintaining skills in a labor force.
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Leif Pagrotsky on the Swedish banking crisis of the early 1990s.
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Sharply decreasing inflation led to the biggest interest rate cut in the Swedish central bank’s history, explains Leif Pagrotsky.
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Leif Pagrotsky cites public-private options, high life expectancy and competitions between hospitals to tout Sweden’s socialized model.
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Leif Pagrotsky describes the conditions for a fertile creative class.
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Leif Pagrotsky says high alcohol consumption rates lead to tight controls on drugs in Sweden.
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Sweden is not just a country of depressed suicidals, says Leif Pagrotsky.
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Rewarding the financial industry for missteps and passing the buck is inherently wrong, says Leif Pagrotsky.
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Leif Pagrotsky weighs in on two economic titans.
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Irvine Welsh is going to take us back to 18 months before Trainspotting.
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Irvine Welsh loves a “nasty volume of sludge,” but in Miami he’s drinking rum.
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Irvine Welsh says a critical reading of Lolita was his point of departure.
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Irvine Welsh talks about addiction, recovery and drug policy.
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Irvine Welsh tells his students writing comes down to working hard.
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Irvine Welsh has noted success and failure in abundance.
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Irvine Welsh saw Thatcher and the ruling class win the class war.
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Irvine Welsh tells of how Ireland went multi-ethnic overnight.
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Irvine Welsh remembers social welfare perks that made being young easy.