GÖTEBORG – As Sweden faces international criticism for its laissez-faire approach to containing the novel coronavirus, forces at home continue to celebrate its many successes. “We have always heard that welfare and pension payments are going to run out by the time we’re retired,” explained lawyer Felicia Åkesson, “but the news now is very encouraging!” Also benefiting are the famously congested housing markets of technology hubs like Stockholm and Gothenburg, where the young workforce is taking advantage. “There are openings all over the city now, and my recent inheritance gives me some money to spend,” said Åkesson.

Sweden, long derided by American conservatives for its high quality of life and innovative corporate environment, is suddenly a poster child for what could have been. Our analyst explained: “If Sweden manages to make it through the crisis with their entire productive population intact, they will have a competitive advantage in the European market even greater than when they let the rest of the continent burn during World War 2.”

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