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How a tiny country with high government spending bred a large number of vibrant young businesses

The headquarters, in Stockholm, of the music-streaming company Spotify

ALANA SEMUELS | SEP 28, 2017 | BUSINESS

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This story is part of a series supported by the Abe Fellowship for Journalists, a reporting grant from the Social

Science Research Council and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ALANA SEMUELS is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She was previously a national

correspondent for the Los Angeles Times.

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