Sweden Gains, South Korea Reigns as World's Most Innovative Economies

"Nordic nations dominate the top 15, while South Korea reigns supreme and Russia is dealt a huge blow" Bloomberg writes about the 2017 Bloomberg Innovation Index, which scores economies using factors including research and development spending. Magnus Henrekson, IFN, is being interviewed, arguing that Swedes "are super individualistic", "have ideas and are very interested in pursuing them in this way in order to become wealthy”.