New book explaining about digitalization, immigration and the welfare state

29 January 2017

The Swedish welfare state is step-by-step heading towards a much worse crisis than in the 1990s, explains Mårten Blix, IFN, in his new book Digitalization, Immigration and the Welfare State (Edward Elgar Publishing). He writes that digital technologies are set to strengthen already existing trends towards job and wage polarization. He points out that the automation in the work place makes it increasingly difficult to maintain high income taxes and payroll taxes.

Further reading about the book

Blog about the book at Edward Elgar Publishing