Economist, (2016), “A Nordic laggard can yet forge ahead with reforms”, Economist, 1 February
THE harbour may be frozen, but that does not stop a ferry with a few intrepid tourists on board from making its way through the ice to Suomenlinna, a former fortress and popular sight-seeing spot near Helsinki. Finns, whose country stretches from the Baltic Sea to the Arctic, are inured to hostile conditions, but their economy seems less hardy. It is stuck in an unrelenting freeze. A centre-right coalition government formed last spring is trying to break the ice, but has not yet got far.
Relevant Posts
- Ho, Giang, Shirono, Kazuko, (2015), “The Nordic Labor Market and Migration”, IMF papers, 4 December
- Gylfason, Thorvaldur, (2015), “Iceland’s seven meagre years”, Voxeu, 26 November.