Urban Backstrom

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Urban Backstrom is Director General of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and a former State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance who was charged with managing the 1991-1993 Swedish banking crisis.

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Sweden’s Lessons for Managing Financial Crisis

Oct 12, 2009 Urban Backstrom

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Germany’s Populist Temptation

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The “Next Eleven” and the World Economy

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Should We Really Care About Inequality?

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A Trade Tutorial for Trump

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Automation and American Leadership

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