In other words, you’ve got to kill off bureaucracy in order to leave room for the tax rates and still have a growing economy. …That is more or less how Finland and other Scandinavians do things. …The other important point is quite how decentralised they all are. …A much larger pie...
The tax assessment for earned income involves first subtracting tax deductions from the gross income, then assessing the remaining amount according to the progressive scale of state taxation. In addition, there are two flat rates of tax applicable to earned income, namely municipal tax (usually in...
A big part of why people love Finland is its national government, which has built up a strong international reputation for being progressive and transparent in its actions. It’s pro-environment and focused on sustainability. In place of strict penalties for minor infractions in traffic or other...
Finland has a relatively high fertility rate for Europe at about 1.75 children per woman in 2023. Finnish women have high labor force participation rates, and their educational attainment is higher than that of Finnish men. Finland’s family policy, like other Nordic countries, puts an emphasis ...
, Finland's Famous Education System, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8241-5_2 19 20 M. Kalalahti and J. Varjo education, and active labour market policy.1 In Finland's education policy, univer- salism has been enacted through regional accessibility, a progressive financing basis, a ...