Meanwhile, Sweden’s public debt was reduced from 73% of GDP to 39% of GDP, while taxes have been cut repeatedly. The Social Democrats returned to power in 1994, but they accepted Bildt’s new fiscal policies, and even carried out a revolutionary pension reform in 1998 that properly tied benefits to payments.
瑞典的最大成就是逐渐削减了公共支出，1993—2007年间总共削减了GDP的五分之一弱。与此同时，瑞典公共债务从GDP的73%下降至GDP的39%，税收也多次下降。社会民主党于1994年重新上台，但接受了比尔特的心财政政策，甚至还在1998年推出了革命性的退休改革，将福利与支付合理地挂钩起来。