Of course Sweden is a constitutional monarchy that is relatively sparsely populated when compared to the U.S. Something that works for Sweden does not necessarily work for the U.S., which has a much more diverse population.
Although you elevate Sweden as the model of modern economies, it is still very much a "socialist" model when compared to the U.S. In other words, the U.S. would have to become much more "socialist" if it were to approximate the Swedish model--let's begin, for example, with true national health care. It also avoids regional/global wars, and saves a HELL of a lot of money by not building an empirial military.
Sweden is one of the most equal nations in the world in terms of income. Did you know that? If the U.S. could emulate that, it would help our economy a lot. It also has one of the most highly developed welfare states in the world.
ALSO, about 80% of the Swedish workforce is unionized, and they also have the right to elect two representatives to the board in all Swedish companies with more than 25 employees--that's pretty socialist by modern standards. ALSO, Sweden has a relatively high amount of sick leave per worker--the average worker loses 24 days per year due to sickness.
SO, Sweden is a curious example for any right winger to hold up in terms of what "works" for economic success. I would have thought that you would avoid Sweden as a subject for discussion.
I can see why you'd rather focus on the social dimensions....
...but, not I.
Here it is again, conservative tactics are proving successful:
.Sweden has reduced public spending as a proportion of GDP from 67% in 1993 to 49% today…. It has also cut the top marginal tax rate by 27 percentage points since 1983,
to 57%, and scrapped a mare’s nest of taxes on property, gifts, wealth and inheritance. This year it is cutting the corporate-tax rate from 26.3% to 22%.
Further....it is of more than passing interest that the Left-leaning 'Economist' has chosen to highlight both the improvements in the economic outlook for Sweden....
...and the conservative nature of the anodyne.
And, I really like this: it has introduced a universal system of school vouchers and invited private schools to compete with public ones.