Mundus Brief: October 2020

Lessons from Sweden’s approach to Covid-19 Sometimes the answer is hidden in plain sight. Ever since the coronavirus swept through Europe (and the world) governments everywhere have been forced to ...

by Sean Williams

• 9 October, 20209 October, 2020 • The Mundus Blog

The Mundus Take: The 2021 budget

On Monday, the Finance Minister, Magdalena Andersson presented her budget in full. There were few surprises, as many of the details had already been announced in previous weeks. Nonetheless, the ...

by Sean Williams

• 23 September, 202023 September, 2020 • The Mundus Blog

The Mundus Take: Transition towards a sustainable economy gathering pace

Sweden transition towards a sustainable economy is gathering pace. Although indications of this have been present for some time – particularly in the words of politicians – actions have been ...

by Sean Williams

• 16 September, 202029 September, 2020 • The Mundus Blog

Mundus Brief: September 2020

The Mundus Brief is your chance to read a summary of what happened in Sweden last month and our chance to let you know what we’ve been looking into in ...

by Sean Williams

• 10 September, 202010 September, 2020 • The Mundus Blog

Mundus Brief: July 2020 in review

Sweden’s economy performing better than many expected The global narrative around Sweden’s corona-fighting strategy, was that it was crazy, brave and pointless. Crazy implied that it could never work. Brave ...

by Sean Williams

• 6 August, 202010 September, 2020 • The Mundus Blog

The Mundus Take: Sweden’s corona strategy revisited

Shortly after the horror of corona swept over Europe in the Spring it became clear that Sweden’s response was an outlier. The Swedish state refused to order its citizens to ...

by Sean Williams

• 6 August, 202029 September, 2020 • The Mundus Blog

Mundus Brief: May 2020 in Review

“You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark ...

by Sean Williams

• 5 June, 202010 September, 2020 • The Mundus Blog

The Covid-19 survival guide: Prologue

On Friday February 28, 2020 I was reading the Financial Times’ editorial. The words leapt out of the page at me. “There is little doubt that decisive action while an ...

by Sean Williams

• 5 June, 20206 October, 2020 • The Mundus Blog