Another unthinker

It hurts sometimes, really hurts when I pick up an article from someone who has missed the point....... We should have an award for those who miss the point. It would perhaps teach us humility, self-doubt and greater understanding. So my award for missing the point of the day is Adrian Wooldridge - now as I age, writing for Mr. Google's robot who scours the internet reading all the pages that nobody else does kind of gets a little dull, however, Adrian Wooldridge just missed the point in today's article on The Viking rise again. What we can learn from them. Yes my friend let's blindly copy them, but missing the point of the day award --- aaahhh !!! You missed one crucial detail in your analysis. How they differ from the UK. Any discussion of the Scandinavian model should include one crucial piece of analysis. Their geography. Norway is like no other country in Europe if you turned it on its head, I was told, it would stretch to Italy. Scandinavia and Finland have a similar very unpopulated environment. This delivers several things to a people: - Property should be more available -lowering average property prices -- - Natural resources of one kind or another will also be available This critical difference, with at least three of the Nordic countries, should always be noted. We can learn much from their model, but we should not forget the differences. Economics has a tendency to do that; it makes us forget geographic, educational and historical differences. Sometimes they do not have an impact, but they should never be ignored. Anyone that does is sadly lacking in decent analysis and his view point should be seriously challenged. He could still be right, it is not always the individual with the most facts who is right, but this kind of laziness leads to more incorrect results. Our educated elite should not be so lazy to ignore this crucial detail after all Google, Wikipedia could point it out........ Poor analysis of the day goes to Adrian Wooldridge.