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He has written numerous reports for organizations such as the [[Confederation of Swedish Enterprise]], the [[Swedish Taxpayers' Association]], [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6retagarna Företagarna], [[Vinnova]] and the [[Stockholm Chamber of Commerce]].<ref name=swedishwiki />
Nima has written numerous reports for organizations such as the [[Confederation of Swedish Enterprise]], the [[Swedish Taxpayers' Association]], [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6retagarna Företagarna], [[Vinnova]] and the [[Stockholm Chamber of Commerce]].<ref name=swedishwiki />


== Scandinavian Unexceptionalism ==
== Scandinavian Unexceptionalism ==

Revision as of 06:16, 15 August 2015

Nima Sanandaji
Nima Sanandaji in 2013
Born (1981-06-30) June 30, 1981 (age 43)
Tehran, Iran
NationalitySwedish
Alma materRoyal Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)Author, Scientist
Notable workScandinavian Unexceptionalism

Nima Sanandaji (Born June 30, 1981 in Iran) is a Swedish author of Kurdish origin.[1][2] He has published several books on policy issues such as women’s career opportunities, integration, entrepreneurship and reforms which encourage innovation in the provision of public services.[3][4][5][6]

Nima is a research fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies in London.[7] He is a cofounder of the Stockholm-based think tank Captus, which he lead as CEO for several years until 2011.[8] Nima has conducted research at Chalmers University of Technology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Cambridge University, and holds a PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.[2][9]

Education

Nima Sanandaji came to Sweden from Iran at the age of eight and lives in Stockholm. He has conducted research in structural biochemistry at Cambridge University and has a degree in biotechnology from Chalmers University of Technology. He has a PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology in polymer engineering. Nima has previously been chairman of the Free Moderate Student League and the Swedish-American Association, both based in Gothenburg.[2]

Authorship

Sanandaji was one of the authors of the Timbro report "Welcome to Sweden! On political bias in the SFI literature, Swedish for immigrants" which criticized the SFI training to join the Social Democrats cases.[10][11] He has published several books on policy issues such as women’s career opportunities, integration, entrepreneurship and reforms which encourage innovation in the provision of public services.[3][4][5][6]

Nima has written numerous reports for organizations such as the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, the Swedish Taxpayers' Association, Företagarna, Vinnova and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.[2]

Scandinavian Unexceptionalism

In his book Scandinavian Unexceptionalism, Nima Sanandaji promotes the idea that unique norms and free markets can explain the economic and social success of Scandinavia rather than large welfare states. The book was published on June 2015 by the British think tank Institute of Economic Affairs,[1] and was also released in Stockholm in co-operation with think tank Timbro.[12] The foreword is written by US libertarian author Tom Palmer.

In the book, Sanandaji argues that particularly the left has long praised Scandinavian countries for their high levels of welfare provision and admirable societal outcomes. Although true that Scandinavian countries are successful, the author makes the case that this success pre-dates the welfare state. According to Sanandaji Scandinavians became successful by combining a culture with strong emphasis on individual responsibility with economic freedom. This can explain why also Scandinavian Americans, who live outside Nordic welfare states, have low levels of poverty and high levels of prosperity.[13]

In Public

Sanandaji is a frequent visitor to Almedalen Week. In 2008, Expressen newspaper selected Nima as the third most important speaker in Almedalen Week. Business Week ranked him third out of Sweden's 101 super talents.[2]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Scandinavian success is not due to high taxes and welfare spending". IEA. Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). 23 Jun 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Nima Sanandaji". Swedish Wikipedia. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Nima Sanandaji Books". Bokus. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Scandinavian Unexceptionalism: Culture, Markets and the Failure of Third-Way Socialism (Readings in Political Economy)". Amazon.com. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Renaissance for Reforms". Timbro. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Nima Sanandaji". Adlibris. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  7. ^ "Nima Sanandaji: Academic and author of books on Swedish policy issues". CAPX. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  8. ^ "Omorganisation". Captus. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  9. ^ Sanandaji, Nima (2013). "Different paths to explore confined crystallisation of PCL". Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet (DiVA). Royal Institute of Technology. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  10. ^ Ingvar Hedlund; Mats Pettersson (27 March 2006). "Så ser Sverige ut – i skolböckerna. Invandrare lär sig läsa svenska med s-propaganda". Expressen. p. 24. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  11. ^ Sanandaji, Nima (12 September 2007). "Förmedla kunskap – inte vänsterreklam". SVT. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  12. ^ Sanandaji, Nima. "Bokpresentation 24 juni: Scandinavian Unexceptionalism (Book presentation June 24: Scandinavian Unexceptionalism)". Timbro. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Scandinavian Unexceptionalism: Culture, Markets and the Failure of Third-Way Socialism". IEA. Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). 23 June 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

External links

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