[mikeash]

Congratulations on being in a high-demand field. It’s pretty great. But it’s definitely not the experience for most American workers.

[hpkuarg]

Is the Swedish case the same even for non-high demand fields? I suppose by definition every job (irrespective of compensation or skill needed) would be a high demand field if it takes 12 months to fill; at which point I suggest that what Sweden has is a demographics problem, not a strong economy.

[deogeo]

It's not a demographics problem from the point of view of the workers.