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Swedes Burdened by New Laws In Eight Hour Pace
A Swedish economist reports that Sweden issued about one new law every 26 hours in the 1970s with a total of 1,430 laws in 1975 alone. He links the proliferation of regulations to a decadelong economic slowdown, noting strict job security laws curb business initiative. A 1979 blueberry regulation requires collectors to register and pay taxes.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Tacitus
Bjorn Tarras-Wahlberg
Swedish Employers Confederation
Tarras-Wahlberg
Associated Press
Bjorn Sedwall
Norstedts
Consumers’ Organization
Taxpayers Association