Nor has high taxation in the Nordic countries impeded economic performance. Rather than relying mainly on income taxation, as in the US, the Nordic countries rely on value-added taxation, which provides a relatively high amount of revenue with relatively low rates of evasion and few distortions to the economy.
北欧国家的高税收却没有阻碍经济绩效。北欧国家并非以所得税为主，比如美国， 而是以增值税为主，增值税的收入金额相对较高，逃税比率相对较低，对经济的失真反映较少。