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Sweden’s socialist experiment – and its cost to the country's economy

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11.10.2025

FOX Business anchor David Asman joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to break down his new series examining socialism’s global failures as the ideology gains traction in the U.S.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and a lot of other socialists didn't do their homework when they were praising European socialism.

"We should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn from what they have accomplished for their working people," Sanders said in 2015 during the first Democratic presidential primary debate.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 1, 2025. (Sarah Silbiger/Reuters)

The problem is that socialist policies in places like Sweden failed. Government expenses grew larger than the

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