[Culturechat] Denmark: A Case Study in Social Democracy (From Mises Institute)

[Marlene Rodgers]

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Denmark has had a downturn of their economy and like any government has 
to do some tweaking here and there which I have read they are doing.  I 
hardly find this a failure (or an end) of their social democracy system 
and found the article submitted to be very biased.  Danes for the most 
part enjoy a high quality of life, unlike the many Americans in our 
inner-cities and elsewhere.
I wondered what types of crime was on the rise in Denmark and found 
this:


Denmark - Conditions of Life - Personal Safety


Denmark
3.Conditions of Life
3.6 Personal Safety




Along with a rapid increase in the density of traffic and the number of 
cars on the roads, safety on the roads has also improved considerably. 
The number of people killed or severely injured in traffic accidents 
each year more than halved between 1970 and 2000. Far more men than 
women are injured in traffic accidents (in 2000 almost 2/3 more), and 
especially the group aged between 15 and 19 is at a high risk.

Theft and vandalism have become more widespread in the period 
1980-2000. The number of reported offences, mainly offences against 
property, rose by 24%, corresponding to 9 reports annually per 100 
inhabitants in 2000.

The number of reported violent crimes stood at 15,200 in 2000, showing 
a rise of over 40% in ten years. This type of crime is particularly 
common in urban areas, and it is in particular the rate of less serious 
violent crimes that has increased, while the rate of the most serious 
ones such as murder (or attempted murder) has fallen.

Carsten Torpe




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has had a downturn of their economy and like any government has to do
some tweaking here and there which I have read they are doing.  I
hardly find this a failure (or an end) of their social democracy
system and found the article submitted to be very biased.  Danes for
the most part enjoy a high quality of life, unlike the many Americans
in our inner-cities and elsewhere.

I wondered what types of crime was on the rise in Denmark and found
this:


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Denmark - Conditions of Life - Personal Safety</bold></bigger></bigger></bigger>


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Along with a rapid increase in the density of traffic and the number
of cars on the roads, safety on the roads has also improved
considerably. The number of people killed or severely injured in
traffic accidents each year more than halved between 1970 and 2000.
Far more men than women are injured in traffic accidents (in 2000
almost 2/3 more), and especially the group aged between 15 and 19 is
at a high risk. 


Theft and vandalism have become more widespread in the period
1980-2000. The number of reported offences, mainly offences against
property, rose by 24%, corresponding to 9 reports annually per 100
inhabitants in 2000. 


The number of reported violent crimes stood at 15,200 in 2000, showing
a rise of over 40% in ten years. This type of crime is particularly
common in urban areas, and it is in particular the rate of less
serious violent crimes that has increased, while the rate of the most
serious ones such as murder (or attempted murder) has fallen.


Carsten Torpe



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