Anders Borg

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In the current issue of The Spectator I interview Sweden’s Anders Borg, perhaps the most successful conservative finance minister in the world — both in his economic track record, and the accompanying electoral success. His response to the crash was a permanent tax cut to speed the recovery. At the time, everyone told him it was madness. But Borg is unusual amongst finance ministers, in that he is a trained economist. To him, madness lay in...  

From the U.K. Spectator's report on the amazing success of supply-side economics in Sweden, and finance minister Anders Borg, the man behind it: "When Europe’s finance ministers meet for a group photo, it’s easy to spot the rebel — Anders Borg (pictured above) has a ponytail and earring. What actually marks him out, though, is how he responded to the crash. While most countries in Europe borrowed massively, Borg did not. Since becoming Sweden...  

Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said European Union governments may have to accept tougher rules on bank bonuses as part of an agreement on a capital law. The European Parliament is pushing for limits on bonuses to be included in the ...  

BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The European Union needs to seek a unanimous decision on how to transpose the Basel III capital rules into EU law on Tuesday, Swedish Foreign Minister Anders Borg said ... the Exchequer George Osborne said that "a very ...  

Will Obama learn from Sweden? Will he learn from Canada? Or will he cling to the European socialist economic model that is currently failing? Sweden Anders Borg, Sweden's finance minister, reduced Sweden's deficit and created economic growth. There is one thing that Borg did: "Since becoming Sweden's finance minister, Borg reduced the size of government and cut taxes. His 'stimulus' was a permanent tax cut." Canada Canadian Prime Minister...  

April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg discusses bank capital rules and a European Union proposal to fix core capital requirements at 7 percent of lenders' fixed-weighted assets. He spoke with Bloomberg's Johan Carlstrom in Stockholm on April 27. (Source: Bloomberg)  

April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg talks about the outlook for Sweden's economy, the Spanish banking system and European Central Bank monetary policy. Borg speaks with Mark Crumpton on Bloomberg Television's "Bottom Line." (Source: Bloomberg)  

Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said he sees “very dark clouds” over the Spanish banking system. Borg, in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Bottom Line” with Mark Crumpton, said today that Europe basically has price ...  

Spain and Italy should take measures to reinforce growth amid renewed turmoil over European government finances, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said. Spain will need to deliver more measures, “particularly when it comes to the growth-sid ...