Don't mess with Moynihan

I commented recently on Megan McArdle's criticism of the Swedish welfare state. McArdle drew criticism from a know-it-all twerp, who just received an awesome smackdown from Michael Moynihan.

Moynihan lived for many years in Sweden. His wife is Swedish. Don't tell him about Swedes. He concludes:

Swedish social democracy, and its concomitant hostility to entrepreneurship and overly generous network of financial benefits for immigrants and asylum seekers, is a significant contributor to high unemployment rates.

Which is exactly the point that McArdle was getting at. Moynihan loves him some Swedes, but he sure hates him some socialism.