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KASUS SWEDIA
Jalaluddin Rakhmat
Contents
Ideological Background
Economical Background
Swedish Pensions
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Sweden
The Swedish Case
Centre Party
Left Party •Promote the
•Communist Christian
interest of the
party including Liberal Party Democrats
Swedish farmers
violent change •Has changed •Attempted to
•Limited support policies with the deal with
Green Party changing economic
Social •Environmental economic problems with a
Democrat Party party realities ‘Christian’
•Reforms and philosophy
peaceful
Moderate Party
changes
•Former conservative party
•Have held New
•Main Right wing party
power Democracy
•Generally conservative
sporadically form •Neo-
economic policies
the 1950s conservative
beliefs
Private Sector
Consumers
• Largest and most
influential group in the
economy
Business Enterprise
• Cooperatives
– 1/3 of population
members of
cooperatives profit
sharing and increases
buying power
Corporate Sweden
• Large corporations
dominate the economy
Swedish Economy:
Public Sector:
Fiscal Policy
• Maintain full employment
• Progressive taxation (depending on time period)
Monetary Policy
• Neoconservative policies especially within the bank post
1980
Indicative planning
• Meeting with all members of the economy to determine the
goals of the economy (all levels of the government and
economy)
• As a result of this system Sweden has one of the most
peaceful labor records of any Western nation
Collective bargaining
Co-Determination and collective ownership
• These actions gave greater voice to employees to all aspects
of the Swedish economy
The ‘Cradle to Grave Welfare
State’
The Swedish Government provides
comprehensive social services
such as:
Free prenatal care
Maternity and paternity benefits
Free daycare and nursery
schools
Family allowances
Free lunches for older children
Free university education
Free medical and dental care
Subsidized lunches and bus
passes
Guaranteed 5 weeks paid
vacation per year
Pensions tied to the cost of
living
The Cost
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General benefits and services
Examples
Prenatal care, child health care,
vaccination program, free
education, early
education/preschool and care for
children, child benefit
subsidized health care and
medicine
financed mainly by taxes
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Social insurances
Parental insurance,
unemployment benefits, sickness
benefit, income pension
financed mainly by joint
contributions from employers and
employees
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Means-tested benefits
Private Savings
Occupational
pensions
Public pension
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Income pension system
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Social Security in each level
State County
Council Municipal
ity
•Social insurance
•Housing allowance Health •Social allowance
•child allowance •Schools
•Maintenance advance and
•Care for the elderly
•Study allowance medical •Child care
• unemployment benefits care
•Higher education
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