Than Danish Dilemma - Denmark is one of the few European states to elect a social-democratic government in recent years – but its mix of progressive economics and anti-immigrant policies offers a stark warning about the years ahead.

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Denmark has no minimum wage requirements but they consistently pay their workers more than people are paid in the US. The reason is that the Dutch workers are more productive, there are strong unions, and they heavily restrict immigration, all factors which keep wages high.

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… Americans assume that Danish wages must be high because of regulations, but Denmark has no national minimum wage, and it would be perfectly legal for a construction company or a corner pizzeria to hire workers at $5 an hour. Yet that doesn’t happen. The typical bottom market wage seems to be about $[USD] 15 — about twice the federal minimum wage in the United States, a country with a roughly similar standard of living [Cont...]

Their immigration minister celebrates when migrants leave the country; the left wing government there puts its own countrymen first.

Denmark’s immigration ministry says more migrants left Denmark in 2019 than entered, with the minister in charge of the matter calling the official figures ‘wonderful’. [Cont...]

Denmark is one of the happiest countries in the world. Perhaps we could learn something from them.