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Daniel Lind

Daniel Lind is research director at the Swedish trade-union-related think-tank, Arena Idé, responsible for a three-year project on productivity and labour markets financed by the five unions within Swedish industry.

Europe cannot ‘compete’ with old economics

Johanna Helgesson and Daniel Lind

Mario Draghi’s report needs to address competitiveness from a systemic perspective, focusing on underlying productivity.

Technological development: valuing labour

Daniel Lind and Johanna Helgesson

Technological innovation at work should be thought of in terms of supporting labour, not supplanting it.

Competition policy: turn to the labour market

Daniel Lind

Weak competition on labour markets means wages are often set below the market-clearing level.

Sweden: a social model losing its sheen

Roger Mörtvik and Daniel Lind

Sweden’s much-lauded model of prosperity and social comfort is threatened by a lack of public investment.