Sweden accumulated a current-account surplus of 53% of GDP, in contrast to America’s 48%-of-GDP deficit. Employment rose by 11%, and blue-collar workers’ wages increased by 24%, fueling a more than 30% surge in private consumption.
事实上，美国在这段时间的每小时年产出增长了6.2％，而瑞典的生产力增加了8％。瑞典积累了GDP53％的经常账户盈余，与此形成对比的是，美国产生了GDP48％的赤字。瑞典的就业增加了11％，并且蓝领工人的工资增长了24％，刺激了超过30％的个人消费增长。