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Leif Pagrotsky
Member of Parliament, Sweden
Leif Pagrotsky is a Swedish Social Democratic politician, who had various posts in the government of Göran Persson between 1996 and 2006. In 1997 Prime Minister Göran Persson made Pagrotsky Minister of Trade and in 2002 Minister for Industry and Trade. One of his most publicly known activities during this period was his efforts to promote Swedish popular music export. In 2004, he switched posts with former Minister of Education Thomas Östros. At the same time, the responsibility for cultural matters, previously belonging to a separate ministry, was added to Pagrotsky’s portfolio. Pagrotsky has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science in economics from Gothenburg University. Before joining the Cabinet, Pagrotsky worked at the Central Bank of Sweden and in the Ministry of Finance.
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Leif Pagrotsky and the lure of a Scandinavian welfare state.
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Canceling tariffs on goods entering the EU from the global South was one of Leif Pagrotsky’s major accomplishments.
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Broad-based social support greatly reduces fear and uncertainty in the Swedish economy, Leif Pagrotsky says.
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Paying retirement benefits forward is a fatal flaw in the auto industry and the American economy as a whole Leif Pagrotsky believes.
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Leif Pagrotsky notes the Swedish economy has adjusted much better to globalization than the American economy.
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Leif Pagrotsky hopes for an improved America after the “disaster” of the Bush administration.
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Leif Pagrotsky explains that in Europe socialism is a misnomer for social democracy .