‘We got lazy and complacent’: Swedish pensioners explain how abolishing the wealth tax changed their country.
19 January 2026
For some Swedes, the question isn’t simply whether a wealth tax works, but what kind of society has been lost with its abolition.
Sweden’s gini coefficient, the most common way to measure inequality, has reached 0.3 in recent years, up from around 0.2 in the 1980s.
Sweden’s gini coefficient, the most common way to measure inequality, has reached 0.3 in recent years, up from around 0.2 in the 1980s.