The lessons from 100 years of a family's industrial empire
The Wallenberg group
A Nordic pyramid
The lessons from 100 years of a family's industrial empire
Sweden is a progressive place. Women participate fully in the workforce. Companies are transparent, generally uncorrupt and often globally minded. Enthusiasm for technology helps Stockholm flourish as a lively startup centre for gaming, music and fintech firms. Business leaders earnestly talk of the benefits of going green, caring for workers and being ethical. In politics, Sweden is egalitarian, redistributing wealth through high taxes. So it is a puzzle that Swedish capitalism appears so strikingly unequal, with a small number of individuals owning and running large chunks of the economy.
瑞典是一个进步的国家。女性充分参与劳动力市场。公司经营透明，普遍廉洁守法，往往具有全球视野。对科技的热衷帮助斯德哥尔摩发展称为游戏，音乐及金融科技创业公司聚集的中心，生机勃勃。商界领袖诚恳地倡导节能环保，关怀员工及道德营商。在政治上，瑞典讲求平等，通过高税收对财富进行再分配。然而，让人困惑的是，为何瑞典资本主义似乎存在惊人的不平等现象，少数人拥有并经营着大片经济版图。
progressive adj,
1. gradual developing or happening gradually
2.modern describes ideas or system which are new and modern, encouraging change in society or in the way that things are done.
transparent /træns'pærənt]1. clear and easy to understand or recognize, 2. If a substance or object is transparent, you can see through it very clearly
minded
1 . + adj=describe someone's character, attitude, opinions, or intelligence. 有某种心智或头脑的
eg. a ,strong-minded, ,narrow-minded,,feeble-minded, ,high-minded, etc `person 意志坚强的﹑ 心胸狭窄的﹑ 意志薄弱的﹑ 思想高尚的...人
2. adv+minded= adj=that indicate that someone is interested in a particular subject or is able to think in a particular way. be commercially, politically ,technically, etc `minded 有商业﹑ 政治﹑ 技术等头脑 He was not mechanically-minded.
3. N+minded=adj indicate that someone thinks a particular thing is important or cares a lot about it. 认识某事物的价值或重要性的 He is seen as more business-minded than his predecessor.
= -oriented
Credit Suisse, in its annual report on global wealth in October, pointed to findings that the richest 1% of Swedish households control 24% of the population’s total wealth, making it only a bit less unequal than India(25.7%). In contrast, Spain’s 1% control 16.5% of the wealth, and Japan’s only 4.3%. As in many countries, family-controlled business are the norm in Sweden. But as Randall Morck of the University of Alberta in Canada has noted, Sweden is an extreme case among rich countries in that one particular family, the Wallenbergs, holds such sway in business.
A Nordic pyramid
The lessons from 100 years of a family's industrial empire
Sweden is a progressive place. Women participate fully in the workforce. Companies are transparent, generally uncorrupt and often globally minded. Enthusiasm for technology helps Stockholm flourish as a lively startup centre for gaming, music and fintech firms. Business leaders earnestly talk of the benefits of going green, caring for workers and being ethical. In politics, Sweden is egalitarian, redistributing wealth through high taxes. So it is a puzzle that Swedish capitalism appears so strikingly unequal, with a small number of individuals owning and running large chunks of the economy.
瑞典是一个进步的国家。女性充分参与劳动力市场。公司经营透明，普遍廉洁守法，往往具有全球视野。对科技的热衷帮助斯德哥尔摩发展称为游戏，音乐及金融科技创业公司聚集的中心，生机勃勃。商界领袖诚恳地倡导节能环保，关怀员工及道德营商。在政治上，瑞典讲求平等，通过高税收对财富进行再分配。然而，让人困惑的是，为何瑞典资本主义似乎存在惊人的不平等现象，少数人拥有并经营着大片经济版图。
progressive adj,
1. gradual developing or happening gradually
2.modern describes ideas or system which are new and modern, encouraging change in society or in the way that things are done.
transparent /træns'pærənt]1. clear and easy to understand or recognize, 2. If a substance or object is transparent, you can see through it very clearly
minded
1 . + adj=describe someone's character, attitude, opinions, or intelligence. 有某种心智或头脑的
eg. a ,strong-minded, ,narrow-minded,,feeble-minded, ,high-minded, etc `person 意志坚强的﹑ 心胸狭窄的﹑ 意志薄弱的﹑ 思想高尚的...人
2. adv+minded= adj=that indicate that someone is interested in a particular subject or is able to think in a particular way. be commercially, politically ,technically, etc `minded 有商业﹑ 政治﹑ 技术等头脑 He was not mechanically-minded.
3. N+minded=adj indicate that someone thinks a particular thing is important or cares a lot about it. 认识某事物的价值或重要性的 He is seen as more business-minded than his predecessor.
= -oriented
Credit Suisse, in its annual report on global wealth in October, pointed to findings that the richest 1% of Swedish households control 24% of the population’s total wealth, making it only a bit less unequal than India(25.7%). In contrast, Spain’s 1% control 16.5% of the wealth, and Japan’s only 4.3%. As in many countries, family-controlled business are the norm in Sweden. But as Randall Morck of the University of Alberta in Canada has noted, Sweden is an extreme case among rich countries in that one particular family, the Wallenbergs, holds such sway in business.
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